It's like people don't trust this Labour government at all, that we could believe they would abolish the WHOLE of the NHS.
We just don't trust them. Six months in and we know they're about the Rich and not about us. Occasionally we get little crumbs from the table, but it's not bold, it's not radical, and that is what we want now. Real Change, not more "Rich People get to win"

Jessica Elgot
@iessicaslgot bsky.social
MPs saying that when the BBC did its news alert that Starmer
was abolishing NHS England, a LOT of people thought he was
abolishing the NHS @
March 13,2025 at 144 PM 25 Everybody can eply

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**Lazarou Monkey Terror** @Lazarou@mastodon.social · Mar 13

Mar 13

Lazarou Monkey Terror @Lazarou@mastodon.social

We are know "Difficult decisions" always means "The Poor will suffer, my Rich friends will not"

Edwin Hayward
J7 @edwinhayward.com
Today, Keir Starmer talked again and again and again about his
need to take "difficult decisions" in the context of NHS reform.
But he remains unwilling to countenance difficult decisions when
it comes to Brexit.
Excerpt below is from his speech today.
That is what's gone wrong in politics, which is an unwillingness to take difficult
decisions. And that's why we end up where we ar.
So we have to take difficult decisions. Obviously, the people in NHS England are
hugely qualified, highly skilled, doing a fantastic job, and we will work with
them in elation to what comes next. Of course we will, because I believe in
dignity and respect at work...
mot abandoning anybody in this. But can't look people in the ye who say I
want a quicker appointment and say I could do something to help you, but I'm
not going to do it, because I'm somehow fearful of making a difficult decision
Pm not going to do that. Haven't done that in politics, I'm not going o start
now.
March 13, 2025 a1 222 PM 2 Everybody can reply

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**Lazarou Monkey Terror** @Lazarou@mastodon.social · Mar 13

Mar 13

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But of course, Wes Streeting know better than all these people. Look at his nice suits, his carefully managed hair, the way he smiles right through you like you don't exist....

13mago 15.22 GMT

The Health Foundation, another leading thinktank, has joined the King’s
Fund and the Nuffield Trust in suggesting that that the gains to be had from
abolishing NHS England may not justify the disruption it will cause. (See
3.02pm.) This is from Hugh Alderwick, director of policy at foundation.

44 There is some logic in bringing the workings of NHS England and the
government more closely together - for example, to help provide clarity to the
health service on priorities for improvement. And - in reality - it is impossible
to take politics out of the NHS.

But history tells us that rejigging NHS organisations is hugely distracting and
rarely delivers the benefits politicians expect. Scrapping NHS England
completely will cause disruption and divert time and energy of senior leaders at
a time when attention should be focused on improving care for patients. It will
also eat up the time of ministers, with new legislation likely needed.

#WesStreeting #NHSEngland #NHS

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**Lazarou Monkey Terror** @Lazarou@mastodon.social · Mar 13

Mar 13

Lazarou Monkey Terror @Lazarou@mastodon.social

More reactions, and Wes Streeting going back on his word (shock!)

25mago 15.08 GMT

Nick Davies, programme director at the Institute for Government thinktank,
is also sceptical about the need to abolish NHS England. He has posted these
on Bluesky.

Ad There’s a decent case for scrapping NHS England but doing so is a major
change programme that will take up substantial ministerial and official time.
Hard to see how govt can do this while also making good progress on meeting
the 18 week target AND the three shifts ahead of the next election.

44 Less than six months ago, Streeting said top-down reorganisation was the
‘last thing’ he wanted to do. What’s changed since then?

All of the problems cited have been evident for years. Why has it taken 9
months in office for Labour to make such a monumental decision?

44 Streeting has just told the Commons that while much of this can be done
without legislation, a bill is needed. And that the whole process of merging
DHSC and NHSE is likely to take 2 years. Even if it’s the right long term decision
this will be hugely disruptive in the short term

#WesStreeting #NHSEngland #InstituteForGovernment

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**Lazarou Monkey Terror** @Lazarou@mastodon.social · Mar 13

Mar 13

Lazarou Monkey Terror @Lazarou@mastodon.social

9mago 15.03 GMT

Leading health thinktanks say, while they can see case for
abolishing NHS England, benefits for patients might be modest
Two of the leading health thinktanks in the UK have said that, while they can
see the case for abolishing NHS England, the benefits for patients might be
modest

In a statement, Sarah Woolnough, chief executive of the King’s Fund, said:
44 Today’s announcement lands on the same day that NHS stats show people
continue to wait days in A&E and many patients remain stuck in hospital beds
despite being well enough to leave. The most important question is how will the
abolition of NHS England make it easier for people to get a GP appointment,
shorten waits for planned care and improve people’s health? That hasn’t yet
been set out - ministers will need to explain how the prize will be worth the
price.

It is absolutely right that democratically elected politicians must have clear
oversight of how the NHS delivers for patients and spends hundreds of billions
of taxpayer money. It is also reasonable to want to deliver better value by
reducing duplication and waste between two national bodies where they are
performing a similar role. It is true that over its just over a decade of existence,
NHS England has been asked to take on a lot more additional power, functions
and therefore staff; than it was originally designed to do.

Having now made the decision to abolish NHS England, and while we still wait
for the publication of the NHS 10 Year Plan, the government must be clear why
this significant structural change at this time is necessary, and how it fits into
their wider plans. The potential cost savings would be minimal in the context of
the entire NHS budget, and so they must ensure that the changes produce the
improved effectiveness which is sought by making this change.

And Thea Stein, chief executive of the Nuffield Trust, said:

44 Today’s news will be devastating for staff at all levels of NHS England, and
we must remain mindful of the human cost of this decision. With the public
finances under extraordinary pressure it does, however, make sense to remove
the duplication and bureaucracy that exists currently - and patients and the
public are probably not going to shed many tears over the shifting of power
from an arm’s-length body into central government.

But profound problems facing the NHS remain: how to meet growing patient
need in the face of spiralling waiting lists and how to invest in care closer to
home with the NHS’s wider finances already underwater and social care reform
in the long grass. It is not immediately clear that rearranging the locus of the
power at the top will make a huge and immediate difference to these issues,
which ultimately will be how patients and the public judge the government.

#NHSEngland #NuffieldTrust #UKPOL

Mar 13

Mar 13

Irish Independent RSS @IrishIndependentIndependentRSS@mastodon.ozioso.online

[12:30] Keir Starmer announces axing of NHS England to ‘cut bureaucracy’ in health service

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced NHS England will be abolished to “cut bureaucracy” and bring management of the health service “back into democratic control”.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/britain/keir-starmer-announces-axing-of-nhs-england-to-cut-bureaucracy-in-health-service/a1270513191.html

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Irish Independent · Mar 13Keir Starmer announces axing of NHS England to ‘cut bureaucracy’ in health serviceBy Nina Lloyd and Jane Kirby

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