Let private and third sectors cut NHS waiting lists, says Steve Barclay

Health secretary says every available resource' must be used to help patients access diagnosis and treatment faster

More private and third sector providers should be used by the NHS to help cut post-Covid waiting lists, Steve Barclay, the health secretary, will say after a review of capacity in the health service.

Barclay will draw on the work of his elective recovery taskforce" - a group convened by ministers to look at how to bring down waiting times.