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<p>The ‘Delivery Plan for Tackling the COVID-19 Backlog of Elective Care’ outlines
how the National Health Service will bring down waiting times across all elective
services. The plan does not detail approaches for each specialty but commits to eradicate
all waits of longer than a year for elective care by March 2025, except for in the
case of patient choice.</p><p /><p>To support this plan and tackle waiting lists,
including those for heart procedures, the Government has committed more than £8 billion
from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to drive up and protect elective activity.</p><p> </p><p>The
Department has also been supporting local areas to recover delivery of the NHS Health
Check, which aims to prevent heart attacks and strokes, and detect disease earlier.
It assesses the top risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and helps people to reduce
their risk by supporting them to make healthier choices and access clinical care.
The latest data shows that by April 2023 delivery activity had returned to pre-pandemic
levels. The Department is also taking forward a programme of work to increase access
to the programme, investing nearly £17 million in the development of an innovative
digital NHS Health Check.</p>
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