Keir Starmer has just scrapped NHS England – but what does that mean and how will it impact you? Here’s what you need to know. NHS England is known as a “quango”, meaning it is an non-departmental public body which operates independently of government.

NHS England will be abolished as part of a massive shake-up of the health service, Keir Starmer has announced.The Prime Minister said the NHS will no longer be run by an arm’s-length body as part of a plan to “cut bureaucracy” and bring management of the health service “back into democratic control” under the Department of Health.