The Health Secretary said thousands of NHS England staff will be moved into a new ‘Special Health Authority’ by the Government’s deadline to abolish the ‘world’s biggest quango’ and return its functions to the Department of Health and Social Care.

But Yvette Cooper’s plans ran into problems as NHS bureaucrats can earn up to £45,000 more than those doing an equivalent role in Whitehall.

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