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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 measures.

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

Health secretary Wes Streeting is also looking for to tighten his control over the NHS, deliver much better worth for taxpayers and free-up money for the frontline.

Three more NHS England board members yesterday revealed they will stop at the end of this month, following the current resignations of president Amanda Pritchard and national medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis.

The current leaders to join the exodus are Julian Kelly, the primary monetary officer, Emily Lawson, the chief running officer, and Steve Russell, the chief delivery officer and national director for vaccination and screening.

NHS England is the national quango charged with managing the daily running of the health service and its long-lasting method.

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

NHS England said in a statement: '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 minimized and could see the size of the centre reduction by around half.'

The much deeper staffing cuts follow a reduction of about 4,000 to 6,000 employees at NHS England over the past 2 years and about 800 at the Department of Health and Social Care.

Health secretary Wes Streeting is also to tighten his control over the NHS, amid plans to cut staff 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 delivery officer Steve Russell (left) and primary operating officer Emily Lawson (right) are among the current employers to sign up with the exodus

Sir Jim Mackey, who will become interim president at the start of April, will set up a transition group within NHS England to 'lead the extreme decrease and reshaping of the centre with the Department of Health and Social Care'.

He stated: 'We know that today's news is disturbing for our staff, and we have considerable challenges and modifications ahead.'We aim to have a transition group in place to start on the 1st April 2025 to help lead us through this duration.'

Ms Pritchard said in a note to personnel, seen by the Health Service Journal: 'In the last number of weeks, I have said I believe the time is ideal for radical reform of the size and functions of the centre to best assistance local NHS systems and companies to provide for clients and drive the government's reform concerns.'

She stated Mr Streeting had actually asked Sir Jim and Penny Dash, the incoming NHS England chair, to 'lead this work, delivering significant changes in our relationship with DHSC to eradicate duplication'.

Mr Streeting stated: 'I wish to put on record my thanks to Julian, Emily and Steve for their commitment as public servants, and their work in specific assisting steer the NHS through the pandemic.

'I have actually taken pleasure in dealing with each of them over the last 8 months and I have actually been impressed by their ability and concentrate on delivering improvement for clients and staff.

'We are going into a duration of important improvement for our NHS. 'With a stronger relationship between the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England, we will work together with the speed and seriousness needed to fulfill the scale of the obstacle.'

Since June last year, NHS England used simply under 15,000 full-time comparable staff, consisting of long-term, short-term 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 per cent more than in January 2020.

NHS England primary monetary officer Julian Kelly has actually likewise added his name to leaders resigning from their positions

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

UNISON head of health Helga Pile said: 'Staff will be not surprisingly concerned about this abrupt modification of direction.

'The number of redundancies being looked for at NHS England has trebled in simply a matter of weeks.

'Em ployees there have actually currently been through the mill with endless rounds of reorganisation. What was already a stressful possibility has now become more like a nightmare.

'Fixing a damaged NHS needs an appropriate plan, with main bodies resourced and handled efficiently so local services are supported.

'Rushing through cuts brings a danger of developing an even more, more complicated mess and could ultimately hold the NHS back. That would let down the very individuals who require it most, the patients.'

Matthew Taylor, president of the NHS Confederation, stated: 'These modifications are occurring at a scale and pace not prepared for to start with, but offered the huge cost savings that the NHS needs to make this year it makes good sense to reduce areas of duplication at a national level and for the NHS to be led by a leaner centre.

'NHS England has already delivered significant cost savings and assisted to deliver improvements in efficiency, but national bodies and regional NHS leaders know that more is required this year.

'These modifications represent the greatest reshaping of the NHS's nationwide architecture in more than a years. It is essential that regional NHS organisations and other bodies are included in this change as the immediate next steps end up being clearer, so that an optimum operating model can be developed.

'This should have to do with doing things in a different way for the benefit of local communities as both patients and taxpayers, as well as for staff ahead of annual survey results on Thursday that are yet again expected to reveal the extreme obstacles they face.'

Wes Streeting