Unions warn Liz Truss against 'expensive NHS overhaul' after promising to cut management

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Earlier this week the Foreign Secretary appeared to suggest that 'micromanagement of people on the frontline' was holding the NHS back - saying it was aimed at " management layers"

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Health service unions have warned of 'another costly upheaval' after Tory leadership hopeful Liz Truss suggested she would target the 'management layers' of the NHS.

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She and Rishi Sunak are both facing pressure to explain what their victory in the race to No.10 would mean for the NHS - and how they intend to fund it.

Alarming figures show that health services are facing a huge staffing crisis, while struggling to clear a backlog of 6.6 million people awaiting planned treatment.

Ms Truss announced sweeping tax cuts estimated at around £30billion, but pledged not to decimate public services.

She did not, however, explain how this can be achieved, amid fears of further Conservative austerity.

The NHS is facing a huge staffing crisis, according to alarming new figures (

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Speaking earlier this week, Ms Truss appeared to suggest 'micromanaging people on the frontline' was holding the NHS back - saying she was focusing on management.

She said at an event hosted by TalkTV/The Sun: "There have been problems during Covid for people to get the support they need. I think the problem is that too often we lead and micromanage the people on the front lines, the doctors and nurses who do the work.

"What I want to see is less layers of management in the National Health Service and less central direction because I just don't think people...