Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday he would scrap a body overseeing the state-funded health system in England in a bid to save hundreds of millions of pounds and cut waiting lists and bureaucracy.

Sir Keir Starmer has announced the abolition of NHS England in a move he said would slash bureaucracy, save money and bring management of the health system “back into democratic control”. The shake-up brings the service in England back under the direct control of the health department,

NHS England, dubbed the "world's largest quango", will be abolished to "cut bureaucracy" and bring management of the health service "back into democratic control", Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Prime Minister said decisions about billions of pounds of taxpayer money should not be taken by an "arms-length" body,

NHS England, which has been called the “world’s largest quango” by the Government, is to be abolished, the Prime Minister has said. Sir Keir Starmer said decisions about billions of pounds of taxpayer money should not be taken by an “arm’s-length” body,

The move will undo the structural reforms that the NHS were put through in 2012. The latest reorganisation will cut bureaucracy and bring the management of the NHSE back into democratic control, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer emphasised.