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Recommendation 6
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We recommend that the Department of Health & Social Care and NHSE/I provide an update...
Recommendation
We recommend that the Department of Health & Social Care and NHSE/I provide an update on what steps they have, individually and collectively, taken and are planning to take to quantify and address the overall impact of the pandemic on waiting times, the backlog of appointments and pent-up, and as yet unknown and unmet patient demand for all health services, specifically across cancer treatments, mental health services, dentistry services, GP services and elective surgery. We also ask the Department and NHSE/I to provide a comprehensive update on what steps are being taken and what steps will be taken in the future to manage the overall level of demand across health services. We request this information by the end of October 2020.
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Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 15 January 2021. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗