South West London CCG Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21

Our performance against the standard at end January 2021 (the latest published data) is reported at 74.95% showing a decrease of 10.1 percentage points compared to 12 months previously. Throughout 2020/21 available capacity has focussed primarily on the most clinically urgent patients, this has in turn led to the number of non-urgent patients waiting more than 52 weeks to increase to 2,814 at the end of January 2021. Diagnostic test waiting times The operational standard is that no more than one per cent of patients should be waiting more than six weeks or more for a diagnostic test. In light of the response to the first wave of Covid-19 at the start of 2020/21, April saw a significant reduction in performance against the diagnostic standard. Since then, performance continuously improved while providers have invested in reconfiguring estates and used independent sector and community capacity to deliver diagnostic tests safely, supporting emergency, cancer and elective pathways. NHS South West London CCG performance against the standard at end January 2021 (the latest published data) is reported at 75.22%. 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% Apr 20 May 20 Jun 20 Jul 20 Aug 20 Sep 20 Oct 20 Nov 20 Dec 20 Jan 21 Diagnostic - Performance 2020/21 Estimated diagnosis rate for people with dementia A timely diagnosis enables people living with dementia, and their carers/families to access treatment, care and support, and to plan in advance in order to cope with the impact of the disease. A timely diagnosis enables primary and secondary health and care services to anticipate needs, and working together with people living with dementia, plan and deliver personalised care plans and integrated services, thereby improving outcomes. Despite the challenges of delivering services during the coronavirus pandemic, NHS South West London CCG maintained good performance levels against this metric during 2020/21 that consistently met and exceeded the monthly national benchmark of 66.7%, with latest performance achieving 67.7% (as of 28 February 2021) for residents aged 65 and over. NHS South West London CCG has a Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21 | 105