By contrast, Wes Streeting’s action represents a revival of an older Labour tradition, shadowing the politics of the Health Minister, ‘Nye’ Bevan, who drove the foundation of the NHS in the 1940s. If a “bedpan” fell in his birthplace, Tredegar in South Wales, the sound would “reverberate around Whitehall”.

Sir Keir Starmer yesterday announced plans to abolish NHS England, the arms-length executive body that makes decisions about the day-to-day operation of the NHS. He said during a speech in Hull: ‘I can’t in all honesty explain to the British people why they should spend their money on two layers of bureaucracy.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced plans to dismantle NHS England, shifting its operations back under direct government control. The move aims to streamline the healthcare system, reduce administrative overheads,

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A hospital chief executive once described NHSE as "the biggest kiss up, kick down, organisation in public life." The comment came to mind when Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Thursday said the scrapping of NHSE would "end the infantilisation of frontline NHS leaders.