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<p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ sets out
how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the
next three years.</p><p> </p><p>We have allocated more than £8 billion from 2022/23
to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million
Targeted Investment Fund already made available in 2021/2022 to increase elective
activity. This funding aims to deliver the equivalent of approximately nine million
additional checks and procedures. A proportion of this funding will be invested in
workforce capacity and training and we have committed to invest £5.9 billion for new
beds, equipment and technology.</p><p> </p><p>In England, there are 89 elective surgical
hubs focusing on providing high volume, low complexity surgery. These surgical hubs
help separate elective care facilities from urgent and emergency care to create additional
capacity for elective surgeries.</p>
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