Wes Streeting Cuts NHS HQ Staff Numbers In Half

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


The 'bonfire of bureaucrats' is targeted at getting rid of duplication throughout the organisations after their labor forces swelled throughout the pandemic.
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Health secretary Wes Streeting is also seeking to tighten his control over the NHS, provide much better value for taxpayers and free-up money for the frontline.


Three more NHS England board members yesterday revealed they will give up 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 primary monetary officer, Emily Lawson, the chief operating officer, and Steve Russell, the chief delivery officer and nationwide director for vaccination and screening.


NHS England is the nationwide quango entrusted with supervising the daily running of the health service and its long-lasting technique.


It was established by the Tories in 2013 to provide it greater political independence but Mr Streeting is keen to gain back tighter control from within his Department.


NHS England stated in a statement: 'As part of the requirement to make best possible usage of taxpayers' money to support frontline services, the size of NHS England will be radically lowered and could see the size of the centre reduction by around half.'


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


Health secretary Wes Streeting is also looking for to tighten his control over the NHS, amidst plans to cut staff 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 shipment officer Steve Russell (left) and chief operating officer Emily Lawson (right) are among the most recent bosses to join the exodus


Sir Jim Mackey, who will end up being interim president at the start of April, will set up a transition group within NHS England to 'lead the radical decrease and of the centre with the Department of Health and Social Care'.


He stated: 'We understand that today's news is disturbing for our personnel, and we have substantial obstacles and modifications ahead.'We aim to have a shift group in place to begin on the 1st April 2025 to help lead us through this duration.'


Ms Pritchard said in a note to staff, seen by the Health Service Journal: 'In the last couple of weeks, I have said I think the time is right for radical reform of the size and functions of the centre to best support local NHS systems and suppliers to provide for patients and drive the government's reform priorities.'


She stated Mr Streeting had actually asked Sir Jim and Penny Dash, the inbound NHS England chair, to 'lead this work, providing substantial modifications in our relationship with DHSC to get rid of duplication'.


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


'I've delighted in working with each of them over the last 8 months and I have actually been impressed by their ability and focus on delivering improvement for clients and staff.


'We are entering a duration of crucial transformation for our NHS. 'With a more powerful relationship between the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England, we will collaborate with the speed and urgency required to meet the scale of the challenge.'


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


NHS England chief financial officer Julian Kelly has actually likewise added his name to leaders resigning from their positions


Professor Stephen Powis, the NHS nationwide medical director, revealed last week he would step down this summertime


UNISON head of health Helga Pile said: 'Staff will be naturally concerned about this unexpected modification of instructions.


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


'Em ployees there have actually already been through the mill with unlimited rounds of reorganisation. What was currently a demanding possibility has now become more like a headache.


'Fixing a broken NHS requires an appropriate plan, with main bodies resourced and managed successfully so regional services are supported.


'Rushing through cuts brings a threat of producing an even more, more complicated mess and might eventually hold the NHS back. That would pull down the very people who require it most, the patients.'


Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: 'These changes are happening at a scale and speed not anticipated to begin with, but given the substantial savings that the NHS requires 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 actually currently provided significant cost savings and helped to provide improvements in productivity, but nationwide bodies and regional NHS leaders understand that more is needed this year.


'These modifications represent the biggest reshaping of the NHS's national architecture in more than a decade. It is essential that regional NHS organisations and other bodies are included in this improvement as the instant next steps become clearer, so that a maximum operating design can be created.


'This must be about doing things in a different way for the advantage of regional communities as both patients and taxpayers, as well as for staff ahead of yearly study results on Thursday that are yet again expected to show the severe challenges they face.'


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