Queueing for beds, Andrei Andreevich Markov, and why I still love the NHS

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This is a post about Markovian queuing theory. But hang on, don’t run away.  It isn’t so hard.

The idea came from my recent experience.  On Friday 23 October, I was supposed to have a kidney removed at the Royal Marsden Hospital.  At the very last minute the operation was cancelled.  That is more … Continue reading Queueing for beds, Andrei Andreevich Markov, and why I still love the NHS