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Government Response to the Health and Social Care Committee Report on Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic

Published 25 May 2022

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The government's response

This document responds to Ninth report - Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic.

This is the government's response, published 25 May 2022.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government's response to the Health and Social Care Select Committee's report on clearing the pandemic backlog sets out how it is working with its arm's length bodies to help the NHS clear the elective care waiting list.

  • The response is to the Committee's ninth report of session 2021-22, 'Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic'.
  • It was published by the Department of Health and Social Care on 12 May 2022, with an accessible HTML version added on 17 May 2022.
  • The page summary does not state which recommendations the government accepts or disagrees with, or give specific commitments or dates. Readers should consult the full 34-page response for these.

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