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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

NHS is ‘addicted to overspending’, warns Wes Streeting as he admits there will be significant job losses

The National Health Service is “addicted to overspending”, Wes Streeting has said, indicating that the abolition of NHS England was just the beginning of efficiencies being made to the health service.

The health secretary also admitted there would be significant job losses, adding that he was “genuinely sorry” that people working for NHS England would be “deeply anxious” about their jobs.

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