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Sir Keir StarmerLabour PartyHealth

Abolish NHS England

“So I am bringing management of the NHS back into democratic control… By abolishing the arms-length body - NHS England.”

In planSpeech on reforming the British state, 13 Mar 2025Quote checked word for word at its source on 20 October 2026
  2. In plan

Where it stands

The Health Bill, introduced in the Commons on 14 May 2026, abolishes NHS England as a statutory body. It passed the Commons on 8 September 2026, under the current government, had its second reading in the House of Lords on 13 October 2026, and is due in committee there from 28 October 2026. NHS England still exists: it laid its 2025-26 annual report before Parliament on 3 September 2026. The Prime Minister gave no date; the Health Secretary told the Commons the same day that it would take two years. The card moves to Legislated when the Bill becomes law.

What has happened

  1. Mar 2025The Prime Minister announces that NHS England will be abolished, Promised
  2. May 2026The government introduces the Health Bill, which abolishes NHS England, in the House of Commons, In plan evidence

About the cost

No cost was given with the promise.

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