Cliff Notes
- NHS England, the administrative body overseeing the national health service, is set to be abolished to reduce bureaucratic hurdles.
- Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer emphasized that this decision aims to re-establish democratic control and prioritise patient care over bureaucracy.
- The announcement aligns with broader plans to transform government departments and civil service operations through AI technologies.
NHS England to be scrapped with management of health service returning to government, Starmer says
The administrative body NHS England which runs the national health service is be abolished in a bid to slash red tape, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.The prime minister said he was scrapping the “arms-length body” to bring management of the NHS “back into democratic control”.
This move – which is to the administrative body rather than the service itself – will put the NHS “back at the heart of government where it belongs,” he said.It would also “free” the service to “focus on patients, less bureaucracy, with more money for nurses”.
The announcement came as the prime minister gave a speech in East Yorkshire on the government’s plans to transform government departments and the civil service through AI.
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