NHS England, the body overseeing the activities of the British National Health Service, is to be scrapped. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the move aims to cut unnecessary bureaucracy.
  • Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I thought these guys were supposed to be left wing? Not neoliberals “cutting” by gutting things?

  • Krill@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The bigger problem, and this isn’t in the mainstream news yet, is that all integrated care boards have been told to reduce head count by 50% in December. I just got off an all hands briefing earlier today.

    It’s probably good, except there will be no quality oversight and private providers will be able to run riot, as there will be no one there check they are doing what they are paid to do.

  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Wait . . that’s good, right? “NHS England” is a separate entity charged with running the NHS which the government essentially does anyway?

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Wait . . that’s good, right?

      It sounds like he’s just using the consolidation to downsize staff and reduce the budget, rather than reallocate resources to primary care.