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Thousands of NHS staff redundancies will now go ahead after funding for the estimated £1 billion cost was agreed with the Treasury.

The Government has already announced that headcount across both NHS England and the Department of Health will be cut by around 50%, with around 18,000 administrative staff and managers, including on local health boards, set to go.

NHS England, the Department of Health and Social Care, and the Treasury have been locked in discussions over how to pay for the £1 billion one-off bill for redundancies.

NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey

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