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1 | Tackling the backlog of elective care Contents Foreword ........................................ ........................................ .................................. 2 Executive summary ........................................ ........................................ .................. 4 1. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic ........................................ ........................ 9 A. The waiting list for elective care ........................................ .................... 10 B. The impact on patients ........................................ .................................. 10 C. The impact on NHS staff ........................................ ............................... 11 D. The impact on urgent and emergency services.

partners, sets out a progressive agenda for how the NHS will recover elective care over the next three years . This is in the context of restoring elective performance in the longer term. It explains how the NHS will take the opportunity to capitalise on current success and embed new ideas to ensure elective services are fit for the future.

  Performance, Agenda