100 community diagnostic centres are to be set up these are places you can go for checks, scans and tests for diseases such as cancer and aim to get people a quicker diagnosis. there will be surgical hubs, concentrating on high volume routine surgery also. the measures should help the nhs increase the amount of treatments it carries out by 30% above its pre pandemic activity levels. it will be paid for by an extra investment of £8 billion over the next three years. here s more of what mrjavid told mps. the plan sets the ambition of eliminating waits of longer than a year waits in elective care by march 2025. within this, no one will wait longer than two years byjuly this year. and the nhs aims to eliminate the waits of over 18 months by april 2023, and of over 65 weeks by march 2024, which equates to 99% of patients waiting less than one year.
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we will also be making greater use of the independent sector which formed an important part of our contingency plans for covid 19, so we can help patients access the services they need because of this high demand. second, as we look at the background, we will notjust drive to get numbers down, but also prioritised by clinical need and reduce the very longest waiting lists. assuming half of the missing demand from the pandemic returns over the next three years, the nhs expect the waiting list to be reducing by march 2024, addressing long waits is critical to the recovery of elective care and we will be actively offering longer waiting patients greater choice about their care to bring these numbers down. the plan sets the ambition of eliminating weights in elective care by march 2025. within this, no one will wait longer than two years byjuly this year and the
on nhs hospital waiting lists in england. mrjavid told the commons the number of people waiting for elective care has risen to six million, a figure that would keep growing before it fell. the devolved nations have set out their own recovery plans. here s what mrjavid told mps. the plan sets the ambition of eliminating waits of longer than a year. waits in elective care, by march 2025. within this, no one will wait longer than two years byjuly this year. and the nhs aims to eliminate the waits of over 18 months by april 2023, and of over 65 weeks by march 2024, which equates to 99% of patients waiting less than one year. 0ur health correspondent, sophie hutchinson, is with me. just tell us a bit more about this plan and what sort of reception it is getting at the moment. this plan and what sort of reception it is getting at the moment.- is getting at the moment. this is the recovery is getting at the moment. this is the recovery plan is getting at the moment. this is the recovery p
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