NHS departments that cost £3billion a year to run could be merged under money-saving plan

NHS departments that cost £3billion a year to run could be merged under money-saving plan NHS back-office departments and quangos that cost almost £3billion a year could be merged, the Health Secretary suggested yesterday.

Steve Barclay also said he wanted to reduce targets and centralised ‘diktat’ to save money and make services run more smoothly.

His comments came after he appointed former Labour health secretary Patricia Hewitt to review NHS efficiency in the hope that billions in public money goes directly to patient care. The Daily Mail