How to clear Victoria’s elective surgery backlog

Three things will give Victoria the best chance of clearing the 80,000 person backlog of elective surgery operations, according to the Medibank Group Executive.

Milosh Milisavljevic told Tom Elliott short-stay options, telehealth and prevention of further surgery would be key in clearing the backlog.

All public hospital elective surgeries can resume from this week after the government shut them down due to concerns about COVID-19 spread.

“There is capacity in hospitals to start taking on surgeries,” Mr Milisavljevic said.

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