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Plans to cut staff numbers in half at NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care were unveiled the other day in the middle of drastic cost-cutting measures.

The 'bonfire of bureaucrats' is targeted at eliminating duplication throughout the organisations after their workforces swelled throughout the pandemic.

Health secretary Wes Streeting is likewise looking for to tighten his control over the NHS, deliver better value for taxpayers and free-up cash for the frontline.

Three more NHS England board members the other day announced they will stop at the end of this month, following the current resignations of chief executive Amanda Pritchard and nationwide medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis.

The current leaders to join the exodus are Julian Kelly, the chief monetary officer, Emily Lawson, the chief running officer, and Steve Russell, the chief shipment officer and national director for vaccination and screening.

NHS England is the nationwide quango charged with managing the everyday running of the health service and its long-term technique.

It was established by the Tories in 2013 to provide it higher political self-reliance however Mr Streeting is eager to regain tighter control from within his Department.

NHS England stated in a declaration: 'As part of the requirement to make finest possible use of taxpayers' money to support frontline services, the size of NHS England will be radically reduced and could see the size of the centre reduction by around half.'

The deeper staffing cuts follow a decrease of about 4,000 to 6,000 staff members at NHS England over the past two years and about 800 at the Department of Health and Social Care.

Health secretary Wes Streeting is also looking for to tighten his control over the NHS, amid strategies to cut staff numbers in half at NHS England and the Department of Health

Former NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard will step down from her position at the end of this month

NHS England chief shipment officer Steve Russell (left) and chief operating officer Emily Lawson (right) are among the most recent managers to join the exodus

Sir Jim Mackey, who will become interim primary executive at the start of April, will establish a shift team within NHS England to 'lead the radical decrease and improving of the centre with the Department of Health and Social Care'.

He said: 'We understand that today's news is disturbing for our staff, and we have considerable obstacles and modifications ahead.'We intend to have a transition group in location to start on the first April 2025 to assist lead us through this duration.'

Ms Pritchard said in a note to personnel, seen by the Health Service Journal: 'In the last couple of weeks, I have stated I think the time is best for radical reform of the size and functions of the centre to best assistance local NHS systems and service providers to deliver for and drive the federal government's reform top priorities.'

She said Mr Streeting had actually asked Sir Jim and Penny Dash, the inbound NHS England chair, to 'lead this work, providing considerable changes in our relationship with DHSC to remove duplication'.

Mr Streeting said: 'I want to put on record my thanks to Julian, Emily and Steve for their dedication as public servants, and their work in specific assisting guide the NHS through the pandemic.

'I've delighted in dealing with each of them over the last eight months and I've been impressed by their ability and focus on providing improvement for patients and personnel.

'We are getting in a duration of vital transformation for our NHS. 'With a stronger relationship between the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England, we will collaborate with the speed and seriousness required to fulfill the scale of the challenge.'

As of June in 2015, NHS England used just under 15,000 full-time equivalent staff, including long-term, short-lived and consultancy. The Department of Health and Social Care had around 9,000, including the UK Health Security Agency. These are both around 30 percent more than in January 2020.

NHS England chief monetary officer Julian Kelly has also included his name to leaders resigning from their positions

Professor Stephen Powis, the NHS nationwide medical director, revealed recently he would step down this summer season

UNISON head of health Helga Pile stated: 'Staff will be understandably worried about this unexpected change of direction.

'The number of redundancies being sought at NHS England has trebled in simply a matter of weeks.

'Em ployees there have already been through the mill with endless rounds of reorganisation. What was currently a demanding prospect has actually now ended up being more like a headache.

'Fixing a damaged NHS needs a proper plan, with central bodies resourced and managed efficiently so regional services are supported.

'Rushing through cuts brings a threat of creating a further, more complex mess and might ultimately hold the NHS back. That would pull down the very individuals who need it most, the patients.'

Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: 'These changes are taking place at a scale and pace not anticipated to start with, however offered the huge cost savings that the NHS needs to make this year it makes good sense to reduce areas of duplication at a national level and for the NHS to be led by a leaner centre.

'NHS England has already provided significant savings and assisted to provide enhancements in productivity, but national bodies and local NHS leaders understand that more is required this year.

'These changes represent the greatest reshaping of the NHS's national architecture in more than a decade. It is essential that local NHS organisations and other bodies are included in this improvement as the immediate next actions become clearer, so that a maximum operating model can be developed.

'This should have to do with doing things differently for the advantage of local communities as both patients and taxpayers, as well as for staff ahead of yearly study results on Thursday that are yet once again anticipated to reveal the extreme difficulties they face.'

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