Elective care covers a broad range of planned, non-emergency services, from diagnostic tests and scans to outpatient appointments, surgery and cancer treatment.

Reforming elective care for patients

The reforming elective care for patients plan sets out how the NHS will reform elective care services and meet the 18 week referral to treatment standard by March 2029.

Under this plan elective care will be increasingly personalised and digital. We will focus on improving experience and convenience, empowering people with choice and control over when and where they will be treated.