More quangos likely to be abolished, warns Streeting

The health secretary has vowed to continue slashing bloated bureaucracy” as he says that scrapping NHS England is the beginning, not the end”.

- HOLLY EVANS

Wes Streeting suggested hundreds more quangos could be in the firing line after the prime minister announced the end of the body overseeing the health service in England.

Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, he said: “The abolition of NHS England – the world’s largest quango – is the beginning, not the end.

“Patients and staff alike can see the inefficiency and waste in the health service. My team and I are going through budgets line by line, with a relentless focus on slashing bloated bureaucracy.”