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  • Elective Care Framework - Restart, Recovery and Redesign

    Topics:
    • Health policy

    Date published: 15 June 2021

    Last updated: 24 May 2024

    This document sets out a plan to reduce the backlog of patients currently waiting for assessment and treatment.

    The Elective Care Framework sets out firm, time bound proposals for how we will systematically tackle the backlog of patients waiting longer than Ministerial standards, and how we will invest in and transform services to allow us to meet the population’s demands in future. It describes the investment and reform that are both required - targeted investment to get many more people treated as quickly as possible; and reform to ensure the long-term problems of capacity and productivity are properly addressed.

    Documents

    • Elective Care Framework - Implementation & Funding Plan - May 2025Adobe PDF (945.47 KB)
    • Updated Elective Care Framework - May 2024Adobe PDF (503.1 KB)
    • Elective Care Framework - Progress Report - January 2024Adobe PDF (411.9 KB)
    • Elective care framework - Progress Report - May 2023Adobe PDF (440.25 KB)
    • Elective care framework - Progress Report - October 2022Adobe PDF (621.64 KB)
    • Elective Care Framework - Restart, Recovery and RedesignAdobe PDF (1.53 MB)
    • Interim Progress Report - February 2022Adobe PDF (1.01 MB)

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