Plans to cut personnel numbers in half at NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care were revealed the other day amid drastic cost-cutting measures.

The 'bonfire of bureaucrats' is focused on removing duplication throughout the organisations after their labor forces swelled during the pandemic.

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

Three more NHS England board members the other day announced they will stop at the end of this month, following the current resignations of chief executive Amanda Pritchard and nationwide medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis.

The latest leaders to sign up with the exodus are Julian Kelly, the chief financial officer, Emily Lawson, the chief operating officer, and Steve Russell, the chief delivery officer and national director for vaccination and screening.

NHS England is the nationwide quango charged with overseeing the day to day running of the and its long-term technique.

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

NHS England stated in a declaration: 'As part of the requirement to make finest possible use of taxpayers' cash to support frontline services, the size of NHS England will be radically lowered 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 staff members at NHS England over the past two years and about 800 at the Department of Health and Social Care.

Health secretary Wes Streeting is also seeking to tighten his control over the NHS, in the middle of strategies 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 running officer Emily Lawson (right) are among the current managers to join the exodus

Sir Jim Mackey, who will end up being interim primary executive at the start of April, will establish a transition team within NHS England to 'lead the radical decrease and improving of the centre with the Department of Health and Social Care'.

He stated: 'We understand that today's news is disturbing for our personnel, and we have considerable challenges and changes ahead.'We intend to have a transition group in place to begin on the first April 2025 to help lead us through this duration.'

Ms Pritchard said in a note to staff, seen by the Health Service Journal: 'In the last couple of weeks, I have stated I believe the time is ideal for radical reform of the size and functions of the centre to finest assistance local NHS systems and companies to deliver for patients and drive the federal government's reform top priorities.'

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

Mr Streeting said: 'I want to put on record my thanks to Julian, Emily and Steve for their commitment as public servants, and their operate in particular assisting guide the NHS through the pandemic.

'I've delighted in dealing with each of them over the last eight months and I've been impressed by their ability and concentrate on delivering improvement for patients and staff.

'We are going into a duration of vital 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 urgency required to satisfy the scale of the challenge.'

Since June in 2015, NHS England used just under 15,000 full-time equivalent staff, consisting of irreversible, temporary and consultancy. The Department of Health and Social Care had around 9,000, including 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 likewise included his name to leaders resigning from their positions

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

UNISON head of health Helga Pile stated: 'Staff will be naturally worried about this abrupt modification of direction.

'The variety of redundancies being sought at NHS England has trebled in simply a matter of weeks.

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

'Fixing a broken NHS needs an appropriate strategy, with main bodies resourced and handled effectively so regional services are supported.

'Rushing through cuts brings a threat of developing an even more, more complex mess and could eventually hold the NHS back. That would pull down the very individuals who need it most, the patients.'

Matthew Taylor, president of the NHS Confederation, said: 'These changes are occurring at a scale and speed not prepared for to begin with, but provided the huge cost savings that the NHS requires to make this year it makes sense to minimize locations of duplication at a national level and for the NHS to be led by a leaner centre.

'NHS England has actually currently provided significant cost savings and helped to provide enhancements in efficiency, however national bodies and local NHS leaders understand that more is required this year.

'These changes represent the biggest improving of the NHS's national architecture in more than a decade. It is essential that regional NHS organisations and other bodies are included in this improvement as the instant next steps end up being clearer, so that an optimum operating design can be produced.

'This should have to do with doing things differently for the benefit of regional neighborhoods as both patients and taxpayers, along with for personnel ahead of yearly study results on Thursday that are yet again expected to show the extreme challenges they face.'

Wes Streeting