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Samantha Lock

Surgery wait lists slashed for children

NSW has cut wait times dramatically for children waiting on surgery. (Morgan Sette/AAP PHOTOS)

Wait times for overdue elective surgeries have been slashed for children in NSW after more than 1000 were left for too long without  planned procedures.

The state's biggest children's hospitals reported a 92 per cent reduction in overdue surgeries in the past nine months, which the government credited to the work of a surgical task force.

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