Changelog
What's new
Features, articles, and monthly RTT data updates shipped on HospitalWaits.
- Content
10 /insights article drafts published
Right to Choose vs private; Do I have PMI cover?; What private surgery actually costs; Self-pay diagnostics; What to ask a private hospital; How to read NHS RTT data; What to do when your op is cancelled; Why NHS waits are long; When private makes sense; Welcome to Insights. Doctor-led, source-cited, MD-byline-ready.
- Feature
Decision-support panel + GP-letter generator
Every trust × specialty page now includes a 'What this means for you' panel with ranked actions (Right to Choose first, PMI second, self-pay third), the new Doctor Data Wait Score™ badge, and a one-click GP-letter generator pre-filled with your trust + specialty. Patients now leave the page with a concrete next action.
- Feature
Sticky Right-to-Choose CTA + Share-with-Family
Persistent action bar appears 5s after page load on every trust × specialty page — one-click GP-letter generation, dismissible. Plus a Share-with-Family component (WhatsApp / email / copy link / Web Share API) so patients can talk options through with their partner or carer.
- Content
/insights editorial section live
Doctor-led analysis section launched with RSS feed at /feed.xml, MedicalScholarlyArticle + Person+Physician schemas for E-E-A-T, MDX-powered articles by Dr Mustafa Ghafouri MD.
- Content
Editorial + sponsorship policies published
/editorial-policy and /sponsorship-policy now publicly document our review process, correction policy, and disclosure standards — covering the Tier 4 sponsored-placement framework that opens later this year.
- Infrastructure
Phase 0 SEO foundations
6 security headers (HSTS, CSP, X-Frame, X-Content-Type, Referrer, Permissions); canonical tags on every public route; AI-crawler allow-list (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot etc); /llms.txt; PWA manifest; /trusts A-Z directory page; CI workflow; pre-commit Integrity hook.
- Feature
HospitalWaits launched
Public launch at hospitalwaits.co.uk. 538 NHS trusts, 18 specialties, 17 months of RTT data. Built solo by Dr Mustafa Ghafouri MD over 4 sprint days.