feet after a private operation in february but that only came about after a complete stranger saw her on television and paid for one of her hips to be replaced. her reaction to that? i burst into tears. the next day, the money- was in my account, ready to go. then, last month, a sudden cancellation meant brenda had her second hip replaced this time on the nhs. she s grateful, but had to wait far longer than she should have. we ve all paid our national insurance contributions, i we ve all paid our dues, l and to not be able to get the treatment is just. immoral is probably quite a strong word, but i ll use it! families are having to make some difficult decisions as waiting lists rise. the government and nhs england say they are making progress trying to tackle the worst treatment backlogs. the plan is still for no patient to be waiting more than a year for surgery by march 2025. jim reed, bbc news.
our aim is shows that number has fallen to 75%. ouraim is that shows that number has fallen to 75%. our aim is that we will get back to this, back to 95% by march 2025. a major part of this will be expanding the use of community diagnostic centres which have already had a huge impact. these are one stop shops for checks and scans and tests that will help get people a quicker diagnosis and therefore the treatment they need much earlier on. 69 community diagnostic centres are already up and running and the plan shows our intention to have at least 100 in the communities, local communities, high streets, overthe next three years. we will also keep expanding the use of surgical hubs that will be dedicated to carrying out planned elective surgeries. they will allow us to do more surgeries in a single day than typical outpatient settings so we can fast track operations and make sure patients are more likely to go home
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.
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