NHS: Staff
Lords · Question HL6829 · Tabled 24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 May 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Blunkett
To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued to integrated care boards in England about (1) the projected reduction in headcount as a result of the abolition of NHS England, and (2) the balance between maintaining staff (a) at the 'place
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 9 May 2025
NHS England has asked the integrated care boards (ICBs) to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health and care services and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure to achieve a 50% cost reduction in their running cost ...