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And by strengthening accountability and
And by strengthening accountability and cutting bureaucracy,we shall
ensure that the new investment is not squandered.We are decreasing
the numbers of staff in the Department of Health by a third, and are
halving the numbers of quangos – freeing up £500 million for frontline
staff. Given the pace of change within medical services we will
ensure that it is possible for the NHS to change the way in which it
organises its services as quickly as possible.Further streamlining measures
will allow us to release an additional £250 million a year for frontline
services by 2007.