Sunday 20 November 2022 11:56 PM NHS departments that cost £3billion a year to run could be merged under ... trends now
Sunday 20 November 2022 11:56 PM NHS departments that cost £3billion a year to run could be merged under ... trends now
NHS departments that cost £3billion a year to run could be merged under money-saving plan Steve Barclay has said that NHS departments could be merged to save money He the BBC back-office departments and quangos cost almost £3billion a year The Health Secretary has appointed Patricia Hewitt to review NHS efficiency He wants to reduce targets and centralised ‘diktat’ to make service run smoothly
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NHS back-office departments and quangos that cost almost £3billion a year could be merged, the Health Secretary suggested yesterday.
Steve Barclay also said he wanted to reduce targets and centralised ‘diktat’ to save money and make services run more smoothly.
His comments came after he appointed former Labour health secretary Patricia Hewitt to review NHS efficiency in the hope that billions in public money goes directly to patient care.
Asked by the BBC yesterday what the NHS should do less of, Mr Barclay answered: ‘Firstly we’ve got £2.8billion of cost in the department on its
