The NHS: Where does all the money go?
Part 16: NHS England Disbanded
We just published the news that NHS England planned to reduce its workforce by ‘around half’ in a ‘radical reduction.’
This came after TTE’s call that ‘NHS England should be disbanded.’
Yet, this morning, at the end of a tedious speech, the PM announced the bombshell that NHS England was up for the axe.
“So I am bringing management of the NHS back into democratic control…
By abolishing the arms-length body - NHS England.
That will put the NHS back at the heart of government where it belongs.”
The news has come as a surprise to many - but not here in the TTE office.
Unison, the largest healthcare union in the UK, described the announcement as “shambolic”. Probably because it was unexpected and kept under wraps - usually these issues leak out.
However, the writing has been on the wall for some time due to failures across the whole of the NHS. Her on the TTE office NHS England’s role has never made sense - it was completely unclear why it was needed.
The abolition of NHS England follows the dem…
