Governmental plans announced to abolish the NHS England

On March 13, 2025, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) unveiled a major organizational reform, announcing plans to abolish NHS England by bringing it back under DHSC. This reform will reverse the 2012 top-down restructuring of the NHS. 

The primary objectives of this change are to reduce complex bureaucracy, eliminate overlapping functions between NHS England and the DHSC, enhance efficiency, and empower staff to deliver better care as part of Prime Minister’s Plan for Change. Additionally, the reform is expected to yield significant cost savings.

These reforms will support the three key shifts identified by the government as vital to creating an NHS fit for the future: analogue to digital, sickness to prevention and hospital to community.

The process of returning many of NHS England’s functions to the DHSC will begin immediately, with the full transition expected to be completed within two years.

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