Health secretary tells MPs Covid has strengthened case for change, but experts say power grab could backfire
Matt Hancock has formally unveiled plans for a significant reorganisation of the health service that he said would bring better integration and accountability and less bureaucracy, but which will also concentrate power over the NHS with ministers.
Saying the coronavirus crisis had emphasised the need for both a more holistic approach to population-wide health, and better integration with care services, the health secretary portrayed the plans for NHS England as implementing the desires of NHS staff, councils and others.
