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Kingsmere Hospitals cuts its surgery waiting list

Steps
8
Maths
3
Exhibits
4
Minutes
~20

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The interviewer
Our client is Kingsmere Hospitals, a public hospital trust running two acute hospitals. Its waiting list for planned surgery has grown from about 6,700 to 9,600 patients in three years, and the board is about to approve GBP 9m for two new operating theatres. The chief executive has asked us to find out what is really limiting surgical activity and what it would take to fix it. How would you approach this?

What you are scored on

  • Problem understanding1 step
  • Structure & MECE1 step
  • Quantitative accuracy3 steps
  • Exhibit interpretation1 step
  • Business judgement1 step
  • Synthesis & recommendation1 step

How it runs

  1. 1One question at a timeClarify, structure, run the numbers from the exhibits, then recommend, as the interviewer would take you through it.
  2. 2Feedback on every answerEach step is marked straight away, with coaching and the interviewer's next words, so you never lose the thread.
  3. 3A scored debriefYour result across seven skills, the drill that fixes the weakest one, and the full answer key.

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Kingsmere Hospitals cuts its surgery waiting list: guided operations case · PartnerRound