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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jon Ungoed-Thomas

Redundancy payouts could reach £1bn in NHS shake-up

Wes Streeting, the health secretary
Health secretary Wes Streeting is to be questioned by MPs about his reforms. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Getty Images

The bill for NHS redundancy payouts could reach £1bn in the service’s most radical shake-up in a decade.

Between 20,000 and 30,000 jobs are expected to be lost following the announcement last month that NHS England will be abolished.

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