The UK government has announced the abolition of NHS England, phased over two years. In practice, this will involve merging some functions and staff from NHS England into the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). As part of the change, the government has stated that it expects to reduce duplication and save hundreds of millions of pounds.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces the abolition of NHS England, an arms-length government body, bringing the NHS under democratic control to cut bureaucracy and redirect funds to frontline services.