Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed plans to abolish the "arm's-length body" NHS England. But what is the quango - and why is the prime minister scrapping it? What is NHS England and how does it work?

NHS England, the administrative body that runs the national health service, will be abolished in a bid to slash red tape, Sir Keir Starmer has announced. The prime minister said he was axing the ...

The Health Innovation Network (formerly known as AHSN Network) is the innovation arm of the NHS and the collective voice of the 15 health innovation networks across England. They were established by ...

NHS England has today announced changes to its leadership team, with three leading board members taking the decision to stand down at the end of March. Chief Financial Officer Julian Kelly, NHS Chief ...

The UK government has announced plans to cut around 6,500 jobs at NHS England to streamline operations and reduce duplication with the DHSC. This significant overhaul aims to save £175 million ...

NHS England is known as a “quango”, meaning it is an non-departmental public body which operates independently of government. The government has described NHS England as the “world’s ...

Sir Keir Starmer today announced the government will abolish NHS England - the independent body in charge of running the health service. NHS England was established under the 2013 coalition Government ...

Results of the survey are expected to be used to generate a heat map to highlight areas where loneliness is concentrated and ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced NHS England will be abolished to “cut bureaucracy” and bring management of the ...

Sir Keir Starmer has announced NHS England, the arms-length executive body that makes decisions about the day-to-day operation of the NHS, will be abolished. The Prime Minister revealed the move ...

There has been significant delays along the way since funding for a new hospital was first announced in 2019, but it has now received the green light from the Government after making it through a ...

Social prescribing” – an approach first widely implemented by GPs and community leaders in England – has now been adopted in ...