of the population and is expected to rise further. 100 community diagnostic centres are going to be set up. as will surgical hubs, concentrating on high volume routine surgery. 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. 0ur health correspondent, sophie hutchinson, told us more about the plan.