The UK government has announced the abolition of NHS England, phased over two years. In practice, this will involve merging ...

Roles at the central NHS body could ‘decrease by around half’ under new interim chief executive Sir Jim Mackey ...

Systemic reform and better coordination is needed to solve the hospital discharge logjam, experts have argued.

Mr Streeting said: "The size of NHS England, there are 15,300 staff; in the Department of Health and Social Care 3,300, and across both we're looking to reduce the overall headcount by 50%." ...

"The size of NHS England, there are 15,300 staff; in the Department of Health and Social Care 3,300, and across both we're looking to reduce the overall headcount by 50 per cent". Mr Streeting ...

In another statement earlier today, Davey also highlighted the importance of addressing social care. “We'll never fix the NHS unless we fix social care – and I'm afraid the government still ...

However, there is a real risk that this “will distort the kinds of care that we commission,” he said, since private providers are better set up to treat certain conditions. The NHS spent £12. ...

NHS dental care ... for Health and Social Care, stressed that early prevention "is absolutely critical". However, he added the "very sad reality" was the opposite. Image: Amanda Pritchard and ...