Plan to cut NHS manager jobs ‘reckless,’ say critics

Ministers admit they did not assess impact of plan to cut thousands of jobs

Ministers have admitted they did not assess the impact of axing thousands of NHS managers before pushing ahead, sparking charges that the controversial cull is reckless" and a huge risk".

The NHS's 42 regional integrated care boards (ICBs) in England have been told to slash their running costs by 50% by the end of the year, in a move that will lead to around 12,500 job losses. It is a key part of government plans to radically overhaul the health service, which include abolishing NHS England, and use savings from a massive cut in management posts to improve its finances and free up funding for frontline care.