Quango cull will free £500m for NHS, says Reid
About 6,000 jobs will be axed in a cull of NHS quangos in the next four years, releasing an extra £500m for frontline patient care, the health secretary promised yesterday.
Reid names NHS quangos set for axe
The health secretary, John Reid, today named the health service quangos which will be scrapped in a government drive to cut bureaucracy that will mean the loss of more than 6,000 jobs.
Choice is an empty word
Politicians talk about more options for patients - but they are making the NHS worse, not better, says junior doctor Catherine Blake.
Watchdog accuses government of inaction over rise in superbug cases
Ministers 'all at sea' over increasing threat to patients, say parliamentary spending watchdogs.