Heath Secretary Sajid Javid says he is “pleased” by the announcement of the new Covid backlog recovery plan involving billions of pounds of investment into new procedures, scans and tests to help millions more people.

He said: "This is really good news and it means that no matter who you are or where you live, you will get the care that you need." Report by Guzzardib. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn