Keir Starmer announced on Thursday that he will be abolishingNHS England over the next two years. That does not mean the NHS itself is being scrapped – the health service in England will remain in place as it is.

Sir Keir Starmer has announced that NHS England will be abolished to free up more money for frontline services and bring management of the health service "back into democratic control''. In a speech he said: "We're going to cut bureaucracy across the state. Focus government on the priorities of working people, shift money to the front line."

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the abolition of NHS England to reduce bureaucracy and bring it under government control. This move is aimed at shifting funds to frontline services, such as hiring nurses and doctors,