Wes Streeting has admitted he did not anticipate scrapping NHS England when he became health secretary but said it is a "necessary step".
Before Labour won last summer’s election, Mr Streeting said he had "absolutely no intention of wasting time with a big costly reorganisation" of the NHS.
Sir Keir Starmer said scrapping the body that runs the NHS would end the duplication created by two organisations doing the same job.
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