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<p>NHS England continues to action the Delivery Plan for Tackling the COVID-19 Backlog
of Elective Care, aiming to reduce the number of patients waiting over a year for
treatment, including for child health services.</p><p>The Department and the National
Health Service are committed to ensuring that babies, children, and young people are
prioritised in integrated care systems, and that reforms in the Health and Care Act
2022 aiming to improve child health and wellbeing outcomes are delivered on the ground.</p><p>To
join up work, NHS England has established a National Children and Young People Elective
Recovery Delivery Group, bringing together the national Elective Recovery Programme,
the Children and Young People’s Transformation Programme and other stakeholders. The
group to accelerate progress and ensure the recovery of paediatric services keeps
pace with recovery of adult elective care.</p>
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