British PM Starmer announces NHS England to be abolished

NHS England, the body overseeing the activities of the British National Health Service, is to be scrapped. British Prime Minister Keith Starmer said the move aims to cut unnecessary bureaucracy

British Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday announced that NHS England would be scrapped in order to cut back on bureaucracy.

Ekwutosblog reports that the announcement comes as the country’s National Health Service (NHS), which provides free health care to almost the whole population, increasingly comes under fire for long waiting lists and a number of medical scandals.

What did Starmer say?

“Overstretched, unfocused, trying to do too much, doing it badly,” Starmer said while on a visit to the eastern English city of Hull.

“I can’t in all honesty explain to the British people why they should spend their money on two layers of bureaucracy. That money could and should be spent on nurses, doctors, operations, GP appointments,” he said.

“So today, I can announce we’re going to cut bureaucracy … focus government on the priorities of working people, shift money to the front line.”

“So I’m bringing management of the NHS back into democratic control by abolishing the arms-length body, NHS England.”

Edited by: Kieran Burke

Author: Timothy Jones (Ekwutosblog)