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Plans to cut personnel numbers in half at NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care were revealed the other day amid drastic cost-cutting procedures.

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

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

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

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

NHS England is the nationwide quango tasked with supervising the everyday running of the health service and its long-term strategy.

It was established by the Tories in 2013 to give it greater political independence but Mr Streeting is keen to restore tighter control from within his Department.

NHS England said in a statement: 'As part of the need to make finest possible use of taxpayers' cash to support frontline services, the size of NHS England will be drastically decreased and could see the size of the centre decline by around half.'

The much deeper staffing cuts follow a reduction of about 4,000 to 6,000 employees at NHS England over the previous 2 years and about 800 at the Department of Health and Social Care.

Health secretary Wes Streeting is likewise looking for to tighten his control over the NHS, in the middle of strategies to cut personnel 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 running officer Emily Lawson (ideal) are among the newest employers to join the exodus

Sir Jim Mackey, who will become interim president at the start of April, will establish a shift group within NHS England to 'lead the extreme reduction 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 personnel, and we have considerable obstacles and changes ahead.'We intend to have a transition group in place to start on the first April 2025 to assist lead us through this period.'

Ms Pritchard said in a note to staff, seen by the Health Service Journal: 'In the last couple of weeks, I have stated I think the time is best for extreme reform of the size and functions of the centre to finest support local NHS systems and companies to deliver for patients and drive the federal government's reform concerns.'

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

Mr Streeting said: 'I 'd like to put on record my thanks to Julian, Emily and Steve for their as public servants, and their work in specific helping steer the NHS through the pandemic.

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

'We are getting in a period of important improvement for our NHS. 'With a stronger relationship in between the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England, we will collaborate with the speed and urgency required to meet the scale of the obstacle.'

As of June last year, NHS England used just under 15,000 full-time equivalent staff, including irreversible, short-term 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 primary financial officer Julian Kelly has actually also added his name to leaders resigning from their positions

Professor Stephen Powis, the NHS nationwide medical director, revealed last week he would step down this summertime

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

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

'Em ployees there have already been through the mill with limitless rounds of reorganisation. What was currently a stressful prospect has now ended up being more like a nightmare.

'Fixing a broken NHS requires a correct plan, with main bodies resourced and managed effectively so regional services are supported.

'Rushing through cuts brings a threat of producing an even more, more complicated mess and could eventually hold the NHS back. That would let down the very individuals who need it most, the clients.'

Matthew Taylor, president of the NHS Confederation, said: 'These modifications are happening at a scale and speed not prepared for to start with, however provided the substantial savings that the NHS requires to make this year it makes sense to decrease areas of duplication at a nationwide level and for the NHS to be led by a leaner centre.

'NHS England has actually already delivered considerable cost savings and assisted to provide improvements in efficiency, however national bodies and regional NHS leaders understand that more is needed this year.

'These modifications represent the greatest reshaping of the NHS's nationwide architecture in more than a years. It is essential that local NHS organisations and other bodies are associated with this improvement as the immediate next actions end up being clearer, so that an optimum operating design can be developed.

'This should be about doing things in a different way for the advantage of local neighborhoods as both clients and taxpayers, as well as for staff ahead of yearly study results on Thursday that are yet once again expected to reveal the extreme obstacles they face.'

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