The British prime minister said he would scrap an agency that was created in 2013 to help run the health service. He said the move would save money by avoiding duplication.

Keir Starmer has just scrapped NHS England – but what does that mean and how will it impact you? Here’s what you need to know. NHS England is known as a “quango”, meaning it is an non-departmental public body which operates independently of government.

NHS England will be abolished as part of a massive shake-up of the health service, Keir Starmer has announced.The Prime Minister said the NHS will no longer be run by an arm’s-length body as part of a plan to “cut bureaucracy” and bring management of the health service “back into democratic control” under the Department of Health.