The UK government has announced the abolition of NHS England, phased over two years. In practice, this will involve merging some functions and staff from NHS England into the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). As part of the change, the government has stated that it expects to reduce duplication and save hundreds of millions of pounds.

NHS England is to be scrapped as part of a government drive to slash red tape and improve public service, Keir Starmer has announced. He said the move would bring the health service “back into democratic control” to help bring down waiting times.

NHS England will be abolished as part of a massive shake-up of the health service, Keir Starmer has announced.The Prime Minister said the NHS will no longer be run by an arm’s-length body as part of a plan to “cut bureaucracy” and bring management of the health service “back into democratic control” under the Department of Health.