National Elective Coordination Unit Work Plan

Strategic Priority 2

Support the development of a national elective coordination unit, including the transition to an operational model, which will support Boards with their current planned care waiting lists. 

NHS Scotland waiting list administrative validation 

Validation of medical and surgical specialties as directed by NHS Scotland Health Boards. 

Validation of diagnostic waiting lists as directed by NHS Scotland Health Boards. 

Patient Treatment Capacity campaigns 

Delivery of bespoke capacity campaigns to match demand and capacity across NHS Scotland. This will maximise patient treatment and reduce waiting times. 

Pilot integrated digital pathway within Orthopaedics for automated patient optimisation.  

Expansion of digital validation platform within pathfinder NHS Health Board to support patient activation and optimisation within Orthopaedic pathway for hip and knee arthroplasty. This will improve conversion to surgery and ACRT pathways. 

Development of partnerships with provider Health boards to develop NECU Hub and Spoke model 

Establish partnership arrangement with NECU provider to improve flow of patients into overspill capacity, in order to increase productivity and improve patient treatment. 

Pilot end to end patient optimisation campaign within Diagnostics (endoscopy) 

Development of end to end validation and categorisation pathway for national endoscopy validation. This will include administrative, patient and clinical validation.