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<p>The National Emergency Pressures Panel (NEPP) met on 2 January 2018 and recommended
that non-urgent operations be deferred until 31 January 2018 to increase capacity
for emergency cases. NEPP’s recommendations to trusts were clear that cancer operations
and procedures where deferral would lead to a deterioration in the patient’s condition
were not in scope and should continue as planned.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and NHS
Improvement will undertake a review of the arrangements and interventions undertaken
this winter, including the recommendations issued by NEPP on the deferment of patients’
routine elective treatment. For those patients who have not had new appointments,
cancelled operations should be rescheduled at the earliest opportunity, taking into
account patients’ clinical need.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has supported the National
Health Service to manage winter pressures with £337 million additional funding.</p>
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