NHS: Reorganisation
(asked on 14th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the NHS reorganisation proposed in the Health Bill.
This question was answered on 21st October 2026
We estimate there will be a one-off cost of approximately £1 billion to £1.3 billion to transform the centre of the health system in England, including funding for staff exits across DHSC, NHS England, ICBs and Commissioning Support Units. These reforms will remove duplication and bureaucracy, with more than £1 billion a year saved by the end of Parliament. Those savings will more than offset redundancy costs, with savings redirected to frontline care and no cuts to direct NHS or frontline investment.
We estimate there will be a one-off cost of approximately £1 billion to £1.3 billion to transform the centre of the health system in England, including funding for staff exits across DHSC, NHS England, ICBs and Commissioning Support Units. These reforms will remove duplication and bureaucracy, with more than £1 billion a year saved by the end of Parliament. Those savings will more than offset redundancy costs, with savings redirected to frontline care and no cuts to direct NHS or frontline investment.