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NHS England - the administrative body which runs the national health service - is be abolished in a bid to slash red tape, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.

The NHS is the largest public sector organisation in England, seeing 1.7 million people each day including in patients’ own homes, local GP surgeries, pharmacies and hospitals. It employs 1.7 million people, is funded largely out of general taxation, and has an annual budget of about £190 billion.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed plans to abolish NHS England, bringing its responsibilities back under direct government control. As reported bySky News, the move aims to reduce bureaucracy,

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.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced on Thursday, March 13, the abolition of NHS England — the body that has overseen the National Health Service since 2013 — as part of a wider plan to streamline public services and re-centre healthcare around patients.