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Plans to cut staff numbers in half at NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care were unveiled yesterday amidst extreme cost-cutting procedures.

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

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

Three more NHS England board members the other day revealed they will quit 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 operating officer, and Steve Russell, the chief delivery officer and nationwide director for vaccination and screening.

NHS England is the national quango entrusted with managing the everyday running of the health service and its long-lasting strategy.

It was developed by the Tories in 2013 to offer it greater political self-reliance but Mr Streeting is eager to regain tighter control from within his Department.

NHS England said in a declaration: 'As part of the need to make best 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 two years and about 800 at the Department of Health and Social Care.

Health secretary Wes Streeting is also seeking to tighten his control over the NHS, amidst 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 operating officer Emily Lawson (right) are among the latest managers to join the exodus

Sir Jim Mackey, who will become interim chief executive at the start of April, will set up 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 upsetting for our personnel, and we have substantial obstacles and changes ahead.'We aim to have a shift team in to begin on the 1st April 2025 to assist lead us through this duration.'

Ms Pritchard said in a note to staff, seen by the Health Service Journal: 'In the last number of weeks, I have said I think the time is ideal for radical reform of the size and functions of the centre to finest assistance regional NHS systems and suppliers to deliver for patients and drive the federal government's reform top priorities.'

She stated Mr Streeting had actually asked Sir Jim and Penny Dash, the incoming NHS England chair, to 'lead this work, delivering considerable modifications 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 devotion as public servants, and their operate in particular assisting guide the NHS through the pandemic.

'I have actually taken pleasure in dealing with each of them over the last eight months and I've been impressed by their skill and focus on delivering enhancement for clients and staff.

'We are entering a period of vital transformation for our NHS. 'With a stronger relationship in between the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England, we will work together with the speed and urgency needed to satisfy the scale of the difficulty.'

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

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

Professor Stephen Powis, the NHS national medical director, revealed recently he would step down this summertime

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

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

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

'Fixing a damaged NHS requires a correct strategy, with main bodies resourced and managed successfully so regional services are supported.

'Rushing through cuts brings a danger of developing an even more, more complex mess and might ultimately hold the NHS back. That would pull down the very individuals who need it most, the clients.'

Matthew Taylor, president of the NHS Confederation, said: 'These changes are taking place at a scale and speed not prepared for to begin with, however offered the huge savings that the NHS requires to make this year it makes good sense to lower areas of duplication at a nationwide 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 efficiency, but national bodies and local NHS leaders know that more is needed this year.

'These modifications represent the biggest reshaping of the NHS's national architecture in more than a years. It is important that regional NHS organisations and other bodies are associated with this transformation as the immediate next steps become clearer, so that an optimum operating design can be produced.

'This must have to do with doing things differently for the advantage of regional neighborhoods as both clients and taxpayers, as well as for staff ahead of yearly survey results on Thursday that are yet once again expected to reveal the severe difficulties they face.'

Wes Streeting