The King's Fund podcast

Elective care waiting lists: are they fair?

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Episode notes

In this episode, Ruth Robertson explores how the NHS elective care waiting list can be managed in a way that improves health equity with Dr Mark Ratnarajah, UK Managing Director at Precision Healthcare, Sharon Brennan, Director of Policy and External Affairs at National Voices and Dr Polly Mitchell, Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Bioethics and Public Policy at King’s College London.

Related resources

• Tackling health inequalities on NHS waiting lists: learning from local case studies
• Waiting times for elective (non-urgent) treatment: referral to treatment (RTT)