The waiting game.
Progress on the 18-week target is difficult to measure due to a lack of available information. A lack of alignment between the target and available IT support is a key reason for the lack of progress. Electronic access to information on patient pathways is crucial to achieving the target.
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D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom; D014850:Waiting Lists