There's a decent case for scrapping NHS England but doing so is a major change programme that will take up substantial ministerial and official time. Hard to see how govt can do this while also making good progress on meeting the 18 week target AND the three shifts ahead of the next election
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All of the problems cited have been evident for years. Why has it taken 9 months in office for Labour to make such a monumental decision?
they are busy enough without tons of new work piled on them, if you're talking extra managers for hospitals, then you'll be duplicating work that could be carried out by fewer people centrally.
there will always be a balance to be struck
some aspects of healthcare will always vary at a local level, some require more strategic approach
NHS England is an independent commissioning body. Looks like Labour want to take this work back in-house to the Department. So there’ll be much redeployment/restructuring of staff, but the work undertaken shouldn’t change.