NHS England, the body overseeing the activities of the British National Health Service, is to be scrapped. British Prime Minister Keith Starmer said the move aims to cut unnecessary bureaucracy

Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday announced that NHS England would be scrapped in order to cut back on bureaucracy.

The announcement comes as the country’s National Health Service (NHS), which provides free health care to almost the whole population, increasingly comes under fire for long waiting lists and a number of medical scandals.