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Using both articles prepare a storyboard explaining the following questions below;

Question 1. Construct a synthesis of how the covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on surgical elective wait list (define elective surgery) - Outline factors/rationale that have contributed to the wait lists? Identify the risks this has had on specific patient populations. Evaluate what hospitals can do to ensure the safety and health outcomes of patients waiting for elective and non-emergency surgeries.

Question 2. What are the key priorities hospitals should focus on to reduce surgical wait list times? What are the key factors and financial accountability priorities which hospitals should consider for patients waiting for elective and non-emergency surgeries (i.e. cancer surgery)? Remember people, processes and structures when answering this question.

Question 3. Identify what information or support may be offered to patients while they wait for their surgery? What concerns might patients while their surgery is postponed and what can hospital do to assure the patient and their family their health remains a priority? Provide justification/rationale that your recommendation to the family model is the best going forward.

Question 4. Design a checks and balances surgical priority framework which hospitals may use to reduce surgical wait lists for elective and non-emergency surgeries.