March 14th 2025

By Ailsa Colquhoun

DDA calls for NHS England reboot to be rural-proofed

The DDA has called for primary care services to be rural-proofed with a named official for dispensing practice, following the shock announcement yesterday that NHS England is to be abolished.

In a speech, Prime Minister Kier Starmer said that shuttng down NHS England would "cut bureaucracy" and bring management of the health service "back into democratic control

Speaking in Hull yesterday, the prime minister says the state is "overstretched" and "unfocused" and that NHS England has "burdensome layers of bureaucracy without any clear lines of accountability".

As replacement arrangements emerge, the DDA will lobby for changes to reimbursement and overhaul of the dispensing contract.