title: NHS activity. Short measure.
abstract: Despite a large increase in NHS funding, the rate of activity has slowed and may be decreasing. Elective activity has fallen at times when more money is going in. Growth in elective activity has tended to be in planned admissions, which have no direct impact on waiting lists. Unless money is redirected into activity-generating areas that impact on waiting times, the NHS will struggle to deliver on waiting-time targets.
authors.affiliation: London School of Economics.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Appleby
mesh_terms: D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004630:Emergencies / Q000453:epidemiology; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014850:Waiting Lists