Rotamap

A case study of how theatre planning in an NHS Trust has improved since the introduction of Rotamap services. We found that surgeons were assigned three days earlier on average, anaesthetists were assigned sixteen days earlier on average, on the day cancellations fell by 46 %, and extra anaesthetist sessions were reduced by 13 %.

A comparison of UK Anaesthetics department data, before COVID-19 and now.

At our Spring event, Angus Mills and Georgia Hayllar presented our Spring 2022 benchmarking data packs. Work delivered, extra usage and absence data formed the basis of the discussion as we looked at the impact of COVID19 and the recovery of departments.

An examination of the impact of COVID-19 on clinical service provision across 160 anaesthetic departments, identifying and discussing per-department and national trends

The October 2021 benchmarks were generated for our Autumn 2021 online forum. The benchmarking packs allow departments to anonymously compare different service metrics to other similar departments.

We have released our latest benchmarking report, which includes data relating to the impact of Covid-19 on anaesthetic departments. An overview of the data can be seen here.

At our online event in October 2020, we discussed common data trends and patterns from CLWRota and Medirota across the past 12 months, looking closely at the impact of COVID-19 on departmental activity, leave and cancellations.

An analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on the activity of UK anaesthetics departments, focusing on changes in all-department activity, cancellations and sickness.

The October 2019 benchmarks were sent out in advance of our Autumn 2019 event at Farmers and Fletchers in London. The benchmarking packs are compiled according to the report settings configuration in CLWRota and Medirota. Information on how to change CLWRota and Medirota report settings can be found in the Reports configuration guide.

At our our Spring event at the RSA in London, Rachel Christie and Tom Bermejo presented our latest benchmarking data packs. Departmental extra usage p-charts, cancellations and predictive data were among some of the topics discussed.

At our our Autumn 2018 event at the Stanley Building by King's Cross in Central London, Jacob Kirk presented an analysis based on Rotamap's system Service Reports. The talk focused on how heatmaps, p-charts and other visualisations of department data can help provide insights for improving department performance through reducing variation.

At our our Spring event at the RSA in central London, Jacob Kirk and Tom Kelly presented our latest benchmarking data packs. Cross departmental analysis, surgical theatre and clinic usage and anaesthetic trainee activity were among some of the topics discussed.

At our Autumn event at Birmingham new Medirota benchmarks were presented and discussed. These new benchmarks looked at the differences between theatre and clinic delivery across surgical specialties.

Anonymous data from CLWRota has been used to analyse over 618,000 trainee sessions in the article "An analysis of the delivery of anaesthetic training sessions in the United Kingdom" in Volume 72, Issue 11 of Anaesthesia.

The March 2017 benchmarks were presented and discussed at our Spring event at the RSA in central London. Jacob Kirk, Nick Edgeworth, Lee Stennet and Dr Mark Cox presented the data.

The September 2016 benchmarks were presented at our series of regional events in Birmingham and Edinburgh. Jacob Kirk and Lee Stennet from Rotamap presented on combining a variety of data sources to improve service delivery.

The March 2016 benchmarks were presented at the 2016 Rotamap event held at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in central London on 18 March 2016. Ollie Fielding from Rotamap presented on what data can do for your department.

In autumn 2015 we held a series of regional events across the UK for CLWRota and Medirota. The first event was held in Bristol on 10 September 2015. At these events we presented our latest set of departmental data and benchmarks.

The March 2015 benchmarks were presented at the 2015 Rotamap event held at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in central London on 20 March 2015. Ollie Fielding from Rotamap presented his Good Department Checklist and 5 Department Comparison benchmark-related talks at this event.

As part of our Rotamap event in March 2015 we put forward a checklist to outline some of the valuable measures a department could use to gauge its efficiency by taking closer look at five departments who have improved their service using different approaches and what they were doing differently to make their service more efficient.

The latest set of benchmarks were presented at the 2014 CLWRota Forum in the Battlebridge Room at King's Place, Central London on 19 September 2014. The benchmarks were presented by Dr Mark Cox of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and Dr Jason Wilson of Imperial College Healthcare.

The latest set of benchmarks were presented at the 2014 Training & Management Day event in the Battlebridge Room at King's Place, Central London on 20 March 2014. Along with some new analysis of solo activity split between junior and senior trainee grades, two year benchmark data for departments with the requisite historical information were also shown.

The latest set of benchmarks were presented at the 2013 Annual Forum event in the Battlebridge Room at King's Place, Central London on 19 September 2013. Among the new developments in how department data can be analysed were a series of graphs comparing expected numbers of departmental sessions with the number of sessions delivered.

The March 2013 benchmarks were presented at the March 2013 Training & Management Day, held at the Battlebridge Room at King's Place. Apart from presenting the expanded set of measures first released at the September 2012 forum, we introduced a new standard deviation curve of individual productivity rates for discussion.

The September 2012 benchmarks were presented at the September 2012 Forum held at the Wellcome Collection in central London. We took data from the newly released Rota Management Console (RotaMC) and introduced some new statistical measures including the use of P-charts and funnel plots.

The March 2012 benchmarks were presented at the 2012 Training & Management day, held at the Wellcome Collection in Central London.

The second presentation of benchmarks was made at the September 2011 Forum, following an initial introductory discussion of some initial benchmarks at the inaugural 2011 Training & Management event. Sixteen departments were included in the analysis.