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Government unveils plan to reduce NHS waiting list backlog

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Government unveils plan to cut NHS waiting list backlog by nearly half a million over the next year .

Plan will expand access to Community Diagnostic Centres and surgical hubs.

The British Medical Association welcomes the plan but is sceptical about whether it can be delivered.

The overall waiting list for NHS appointments, procedures and surgeries in England stands at just under 7.5 million .

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