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NHS activity. Short measure.

S Boyle·J Appleby
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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.

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S Boyle, J Appleby. 2001-12-13. NHS activity. Short measure.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11810754/

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