Plans to cut personnel numbers in half at NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care were unveiled yesterday amid extreme cost-cutting procedures.

The 'bonfire of bureaucrats' is focused on removing duplication throughout the organisations after their workforces swelled during the pandemic.

Health secretary Wes Streeting is also looking for to tighten his control over the NHS, deliver better value for taxpayers and free-up money for the frontline.

Three more NHS England board members yesterday revealed they will quit at the end of this month, following the current resignations of primary executive Amanda Pritchard and nationwide medical director Professor Sir Stephen Powis.

The most recent leaders to join the exodus are Julian Kelly, the chief monetary officer, Emily Lawson, the chief running officer, and Steve Russell, the chief shipment officer and national director for vaccination and screening.

NHS England is the nationwide quango charged with managing the day to day running of the health service and its long-lasting method.

It was established by the Tories in 2013 to give it greater political independence however Mr Streeting is eager to restore tighter control from within his Department.

NHS England said in a declaration: 'As part of the need to make finest possible use of taxpayers' cash to support frontline services, the size of NHS England will be radically lowered and could see the size of the centre decrease by around half.'

The deeper staffing cuts follow a reduction of about 4,000 to 6,000 workers at NHS England over the previous 2 years and about 800 at the Department of Health and Social Care.

Health secretary Wes Streeting is also seeking to tighten his control over the NHS, in the middle of plans to cut personnel numbers in half at NHS England and the Department of Health

Former NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard will step down from her position at the end of this month

NHS England chief delivery officer Steve Russell (left) and primary running officer Emily Lawson (best) are among the most current employers to sign up with the exodus

Sir Jim Mackey, who will end up being interim chief executive at the start of April, will establish a transition group within NHS England to 'lead the extreme reduction and reshaping of the centre with the Department of Health and Social Care'.

He stated: 'We know that today's news is upsetting for our staff, and we have significant obstacles and modifications ahead.'We intend to have a transition group in location to begin on the 1st April 2025 to assist lead us through this duration.'

Ms Pritchard stated in a note to staff, seen by the Health Service Journal: 'In the last number of weeks, I have actually said I believe the time is best for extreme reform of the size and functions of the centre to finest assistance regional NHS systems and suppliers to provide for clients and drive the government's reform top priorities.'

She stated Mr Streeting had asked Sir Jim and Penny Dash, the inbound NHS England chair, to 'lead this work, delivering substantial modifications in our relationship with DHSC to get rid of duplication'.

Mr Streeting said: 'I want to put on record my thanks to Julian, Emily and Steve for their devotion as public servants, and their operate in specific helping guide the NHS through the pandemic.

'I have actually enjoyed dealing with each of them over the last 8 months and I have actually been impressed by their ability and focus on providing enhancement for clients and staff.

'We are getting in a duration of vital change for our NHS. 'With a stronger relationship between the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England, we will interact with the speed and urgency needed to fulfill the scale of the difficulty.'

As of June in 2015, NHS England utilized just under 15,000 full-time equivalent personnel, consisting of permanent, short-lived and consultancy. The Department of Health and Social Care had around 9,000, consisting of the UK Health Security Agency. These are both around 30 per cent more than in January 2020.

NHS England primary financial officer Julian Kelly has likewise added his name to leaders resigning from their positions

Professor Stephen Powis, the NHS nationwide medical director, revealed last week he would step down this summer

UNISON head of health Helga Pile said: 'Staff will be understandably worried about this abrupt modification of direction.

'The number of redundancies being sought at NHS England has actually trebled in simply a matter of weeks.

'Em ployees there have currently been through the mill with endless rounds of reorganisation. What was currently a demanding possibility has now ended up being more like a headache.

'Fixing a broken NHS needs a proper plan, with main bodies resourced and managed effectively so regional services are supported.

'Rushing through cuts brings a danger of creating a further, more complicated mess and might eventually hold the NHS back. That would let down the very individuals who require it most, the clients.'

Matthew Taylor, primary executive of the NHS Confederation, stated: 'These changes are taking place at a scale and rate not expected to start with, however offered the substantial cost savings that the NHS needs to make this year it makes good sense to decrease areas of duplication at a national level and for the NHS to be led by a leaner centre.

'NHS England has actually currently provided significant savings and assisted to deliver improvements in efficiency, however national bodies and regional NHS leaders understand that more is needed this year.

'These modifications represent the greatest reshaping of the NHS's nationwide architecture in more than a years. It is crucial that local NHS organisations and other bodies are associated with this transformation as the immediate next steps end up being clearer, so that a maximum operating model can be created.

'This must have to do with doing things in a different way for the benefit of local communities as both patients and taxpayers, as well as for personnel ahead of yearly survey results on Thursday that are yet once again expected to show the extreme obstacles they face.'

Wes Streeting