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Plans to cut personnel numbers in half at NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care were revealed the other day amidst drastic cost-cutting measures.

The 'bonfire of bureaucrats' is targeted at getting rid of duplication across the organisations after their labor forces swelled throughout the pandemic.

Health secretary Wes Streeting is also seeking to tighten his control over the NHS, provide much better worth for taxpayers and free-up money for the frontline.

Three more NHS England board members yesterday announced they will quit at the end of this month, following the recent resignations of president Amanda Pritchard and nationwide medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis.

The most current leaders to join the exodus are Julian Kelly, the chief monetary officer, Emily Lawson, the chief running officer, and Steve Russell, the chief delivery officer and nationwide director for vaccination and screening.

NHS England is the nationwide quango tasked with overseeing the daily running of the health service and its long-term strategy.

It was established by the Tories in 2013 to give it greater political independence however Mr Streeting is eager to regain tighter control from within his Department.

NHS England said in a declaration: 'As part of the requirement to make best possible use of taxpayers' cash to support frontline services, the size of NHS England will be drastically minimized and could see the size of the centre decrease by around half.'

The much deeper staffing cuts follow a decrease of about 4,000 to 6,000 employees at NHS England over the past two years and about 800 at the Department of Health and Social Care.

Health secretary Wes Streeting is also seeking to tighten his control over the NHS, amid plans to cut personnel numbers in half at NHS England and the Department of Health

Former NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard will step down from her position at the end of this month

NHS England chief delivery officer Steve Russell (left) and primary running officer Emily Lawson (ideal) are amongst the current employers to join the exodus

Sir Jim Mackey, who will end up being interim president at the start of April, will establish a shift team within NHS England to 'lead the extreme decrease and improving of the centre with the Department of Health and Social Care'.

He said: 'We understand that today's news is upsetting for our staff, and we have significant difficulties and modifications ahead.'We intend to have a transition team in location to begin on the 1st April 2025 to assist lead us through this period.'

Ms Pritchard said in a note to personnel, seen by the Health Service Journal: 'In the last couple of weeks, I have stated I believe the time is best for extreme reform of the size and functions of the centre to best assistance local NHS systems and to deliver for patients and drive the government's reform top priorities.'

She said Mr Streeting had asked Sir Jim and Penny Dash, the inbound NHS England chair, to 'lead this work, providing considerable modifications in our relationship with DHSC to eliminate duplication'.

Mr Streeting stated: 'I want to put on record my thanks to Julian, Emily and Steve for their devotion as public servants, and their operate in specific assisting guide the NHS through the pandemic.

'I've taken pleasure in working with each of them over the last eight months and I've been impressed by their skill and concentrate on delivering enhancement for patients and staff.

'We are going into a period of vital transformation for our NHS. 'With a stronger relationship in between the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England, we will interact with the speed and seriousness required to satisfy the scale of the obstacle.'

As of June in 2015, NHS England used simply under 15,000 full-time equivalent staff, including irreversible, short-term and consultancy. The Department of Health and Social Care had around 9,000, including the UK Health Security Agency. These are both around 30 percent more than in January 2020.

NHS England primary financial officer Julian Kelly has also included his name to leaders resigning from their positions

Professor Stephen Powis, the NHS national medical director, revealed last week he would step down this summer season

UNISON head of health Helga Pile stated: 'Staff will be understandably worried about this unexpected change of direction.

'The number of redundancies being looked for at NHS England has trebled in just a matter of weeks.

'Em ployees there have already been through the mill with limitless rounds of reorganisation. What was currently a difficult prospect has now become more like a nightmare.

'Fixing a damaged NHS needs an appropriate strategy, with central bodies resourced and handled effectively so regional services are supported.

'Rushing through cuts brings a danger of developing an even more, more complex mess and could eventually hold the NHS back. That would let down the very individuals who require it most, the patients.'

Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, stated: 'These modifications are occurring at a scale and speed not prepared for to start with, however given the big cost savings that the NHS needs to make this year it makes sense to minimize areas of duplication at a national level and for the NHS to be led by a leaner centre.

'NHS England has currently provided substantial cost savings and helped to deliver improvements in performance, however nationwide bodies and local NHS leaders know that more is required this year.

'These changes represent the biggest reshaping of the NHS's nationwide architecture in more than a years. It is essential that regional NHS organisations and other bodies are associated with this change as the immediate next steps end up being clearer, so that a maximum operating model can be produced.

'This should be about doing things differently for the benefit of local neighborhoods as both clients and taxpayers, in addition to for staff ahead of yearly survey results on Thursday that are yet once again anticipated to show the severe difficulties they deal with.'

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