Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he’s scrapping NHS England, the arms-length body that oversees the bulk of the UK’s public health care system, as he sought to give ministers greater control over £200 billion ($259 billion) of annual government spending.

Sir Keir Starmer has announced the abolition of NHS England in a move he said would slash bureaucracy, save money and bring management of the health system “back into democratic control”. The UK prime minister said the abolition of the body would put the NHS “back at the heart of government” and free it to “focus on patients” and cut waiting lists.