HUNDREDS of bodies responsible for overseeing and running parts of the NHS in England will be scrapped, the government has said reports the BBC.
The organisations to be abolished include Healthwatch England, which advocates on behalf of patients, and the National Guardian’s Office, which supports whistleblowers.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the current system was too complex and the NHS needed “more doers and fewer checkers”.
The changes are being made as part of Labour’s 10-year health strategy set to be published next week.
In total 201 organisations will be scrapped, including bodies set up by the last Conservative government to develop health plans for their local areas.
The organisations to be abolished include:
- Healthwatch England, set up in 2012 to speak out on behalf of NHS and social care patients, and to advise ministers when services were not up to scratch.
- The National Guardian’s Office, created in 2015 to encourage the NHS to support whistleblowers and train a network of 1,200 peer support ‘guardians’.
- The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB), which has recently carried out investigations into a range of subjects including the design of portable oxygen systems and the impact of ambulance delays.
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