NHS England's answer to the persistence of the problem, found the inquiry, was "a pattern of hiring and firing, initiated by NHSE. It is clear that this approach was not just ineffective in East Kent, but wholly counterproductive. These decisions appear to us to have been made separately from any question of accountability."

Keir Starmer has just scrapped NHS England – but what does that mean and how will it impact you? Here’s what you need to know. NHS England is known as a “quango”, meaning it is an non-departmental public body which operates independently of government.