Sajid Javid’s threat to sack NHS chiefs is doomed to fail

Sajid Javid’s threat to sack NHS chiefs is doomed to fail | Polly Toynbee A long, low groan echoes around the NHS. Not again, please? The new health secretary, Sajid Javid, pledges far-reaching reforms and the most comprehensive review since the 1980s. Too many new health secretaries start there, at the bottom of the learning curve, but Javid adds threats: “Hospital managers who fail to clear mounting NHS backlogs will be sacked under government plans for reform,” the Times was briefed, with him “preparing new powers to seize control of poorly performing hospitals”. The Guardian