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LONDON (Reuters) -England's health service will move about 40,000 pending child consultations for ADHD, autism and other conditions from its main waiting list, a person with direct knowledge of the change said, trimming the politically sensitive list ahead of an expected election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose Conservative Party is trailing the Labour Party in opinion polls, has vowed to reduce wait times in the state-run National Health Service (NHS). New guidance for data collected this month, which will be published in April, says those waiting to see a specialist doctor in community services in two treatment categories should be removed from the headline "referral to treatment" (RTT) list, documents seen by Reuters show.

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