title: Waiting-time targets. Early learners.
abstract: Thirteen 'early achiever' sites have volunteered to deliver the new 18-week target ahead of schedule. The sites have highlighted recurring issues for trusts aiming for 18 weeks: orthopaedics, audiology, endoscopy and some smaller specialties have all proved challenging. The target should be seen as a vital step towards a 'no unnecessary delay' system of working and thinking.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom