NHS Gooroo is a website and company run by Rob Findlay which carries information about NHS performance, particularly waiting lists and performance against
NHS targets
NHS targets are performance measures used by NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and the Health and Social Care service in Northern Ireland. These vary by country but assess the performance of each health service against measures such as 5 hour ...
.
Findlay, who is based in
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...
, formerly worked in the Treasury health expenditure team.
Findlay explains the seasonal variations in performance against waiting list targets. The company regularly produces maps showing A&E, RTT and cancer waits for English NHS trusts which are featured in the ''
Health Service Journal
''Health Service Journal'' (''HSJ'') is a news service that covers policy and management in the National Health Service (NHS) in England.
History
The '' Poor Law Officers' Journal'' was established in 1892. In 1930, it changed its name after ...
''.
The company was acquired by Insource Ltd in May 2021.
External links
Gooroo
References
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British medical websites
Health informatics in the United Kingdom
Health informatics organizations
Information technology organisations based in the United Kingdom
National Health Service (England)
Science and technology in Shropshire