The British prime minister said he would scrap an agency that was created in 2013 to help run the health service. He said the move would save money by avoiding duplication.

The announcement by the PM follows a series of departures from NHS England, including its chief executive Amanda Pritchard

The biggest quango in the world is to be scrapped. That is how the government unveiled the move to bring NHS England, which runs much of the health service in the country, back under the control of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).