What is an 18 week pathway?
What is an 18 week pathway?
Your 18 week pathway begins from the date the hospital receives your referral letter into a Consultant led service i.e. the ‘clock’ starts ticking. This is where a consultant will take overall clinical responsibility for your treatment.
What is the operational standard for delivery of 18 weeks?
The tolerances provided by the national 18 weeks operational standards (a minimum of 90 percent for admitted patients and 95 percent for non-admitted patients to start treatment within 18 weeks) are for patients who choose to wait longer or for whom this is clinically appropriate.
What does 2WW pathway mean?
Introduction: The Two Week Wait Referral Service (2WW) has been implemented as a means of fast-tracking patients with suspected upper gastrointestinal cancers for endoscopy.
What does referral to treatment mean?
In England, under the NHS Constitution, patients ‘have the right to access certain services commissioned by NHS bodies within maximum waiting times, or for the NHS to take all reasonable steps to offer a range of suitable alternative providers if this is not possible’.
What can stop an RTT clock?
1 An RTT clock may be paused only where a decision to admit for treatment has been made, and the patient has declined at least two reasonable offers for admission. Adjustments cannot be applied for a diagnostic or other admission prior to the admission for first definitive treatment.
What is the RTT pathway?
An RTT pathway is the length of time that a patient waited from referral to start of treatment, or if they have not yet started treatment, the length of time that a patient has waited so far.
What is the 18 week target?
Meeting the 18-week standard would require hospitals to increase the number of patients they admit by an amount equivalent to 12% of all the patients admitted for planned care in 2017/18. This would be an unprecedented increase in activity. COVID-19 makes the challenge even greater.
What is the 2 week rule NHS?
What does it mean to be urgently referred? An urgent two-week referral means that you will be offered an appointment with a hospital specialist within 2 weeks of your General Practitioner (GP) making the referral. As of April 1st 2010 you have a legal right to be seen by a specialist within this time.
What does being referred to oncology mean?
Oncologist denotes a cancer specialist—surgical, medical (chemotherapist), or radiation (radiation therapist)—that specialize in oncology, the study of cancer.
Can my GP refuse to refer me to a specialist?
They don’t have to refer you to a specialist if they believe it’s not the right option. However, you’re entitled to ask for the reason why they refused your referral request. If you’re unhappy about being refused a referral, you may ask to speak with another GP to get a second opinion.
What to Do When Your doctor Won’t give you a referral?
When a patient refuses to be referred to another physician, the attending physician should find out why and attempt to correct any problem. If the patient is opposed to the specific physician recommended, another physician should be sought.
When does the RTT clock stop?
2.3. 6 Rule 3d – A patient’s RTT clock will stop when commencing a period of monitoring in secondary care or at an interface service without clinical intervention or diagnostic procedures at that stage.
When did the lung cancer timed pathways come out?
The lung cancer timed pathways draw on the National Optimal Lung Cancer Pathway (NOLCP), which was produced by the NHS England Clinical Expert Group for Lung Cancer in August 2017 and sets out how to deliver the pathway from referral to diagnosis.
How does 18 Week Referral to treatment work?
18 Week Referral to Treatment online training consists of five comprehensive training sections all with their own assessments and reporting suites.
What do you need to know about 18 weeks RTT?
This section imparts basic RTT knowledge and is specifically targeted at new starters and staff whose dealings with patient pathways are minimal but they still need to understand the concept of 18 Weeks and the consequences of failing to record information correctly and in real time. There are seven modules within the section which cover:
How long do you have to wait for a referral to the NHS?
This guidance, published by the Department of Health, sets out the benefits of reviewing the pathways of patients who have waited longer than 18 weeks before starting their treatment.
What is an 18 week pathway? Your 18 week pathway begins from the date the hospital receives your referral letter into a Consultant led service i.e. the ‘clock’ starts ticking. This is where a consultant will take overall clinical responsibility for your treatment. What is the operational standard for delivery of 18 weeks? The tolerances…