Will the Cabinet Secretary provide a breakdown of how the £120 million of funding announced on 19 June 2025 to tackle NHS waiting lists is being spent?
The £120m additional investment has been split across the following phases:
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1. Quarter one plan: maintain and improve the reduction in over two-year waits from the March 2025 position (from April 2025 to end of June 2025) |
£20m |
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2. National cataract procurement plan: To deliver 20,700 additional treatments above agreed health board core activity (from July 2025 to end of March 2026 |
£29m |
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3. National outpatient procurement plan: To deliver an additional 210,000 outpatient appointments (from July 2025 to end of March 2026) |
£34m |
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4. Diagnostic recovery plan: To clear all over eight-week diagnostic waits, including the diagnostic tests triggered by additional outpatient activity in phase three of the plan (from July 2025 to end of March 2026) |
£17m |
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5. 104 -week treatment plan (from July 2025 to end of March 2026) |
£20m |
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Total |
£120m |