Patients will experience better care thanks to billions of pounds saved from ending duplication and slashing bureaucracy across in the NHS, the Health Secretary announced on Wednesday (12 November 2025).
These reforms will also give more power and autonomy to local leaders and systems - stripping away endless red tape and bureaucracy so they have more freedom to better deliver health services for their local communities.
The size of the centre has more than doubled since 2010. The 2012 reorganisation of the NHS led to worse care for patients at soaring costs, leaving taxpayers paying more but getting less. The reforms will see around 18,000 administrative posts abolished, saving more than £1 billion that will be redirected to frontline patient care.
Every £1 billion saved in bureaucracy costs is enough to fund an extra 116,000 hip and knee operations.
Date: 16 November