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What is the point of abolishing NHS England?

13 March 2025

11:50 PM

13 March 2025

11:50 PM

What does Wes Streeting think the government will achieve by abolishing NHS England? The Health Secretary gave a statement to MPs this afternoon in which he confirmed that the health service will no longer be operationally independent from the government.

As Streeting made clear to the Commons, the NHS was given operational independence by the Conservatives, who regretted doing so for years.

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