We have set out immediate and longer-term contributions to the elective recovery challenge:
- immediate improvements in theatre efficiency, including those proposed by Nate Macdonald, a trainee orthopaedic surgeon, in August 2021;
- the need to develop out-of-hospital services to reduce the future flow of elective patients (31 August 2021);
- regional and national lists for long waiters, together with targeted construction in regions under the greatest pressure (Feb 2022); and
- emerging evidence on virtual wards (July 2022).