Sajid Javid promises to cut diversity and inclusion jobs, but critics criticize the lack of actual medics.

Sajid Javid is set to unveil his plans for the biggest shake-up of NHS management in a generation, but critics have already said they are insufficient.

The NHS’s ‘diversity and inclusion’ managers will be laid off, according to the Health Secretary, because their salaries would be better spent on the front lines.

He has vowed to be ‘wary of any waste or wokery’ amid concerns that a £12 billion funding boost — raised through a 1.25 percent increase in National Insurance — will be absorbed by management.

Mr Javid is demanding that bosses redirect salaries of up to £115,000 to patient priorities such as addressing a 6.4 million-person waiting list.

The action follows a major independent review led by a former military chief, which concluded that leadership in the health service was ‘institutionally inadequate.’

The report by Sir Gordon Messenger discovered ‘evidence of poor behaviors and attitudes such as discrimination, bullying, and blame cultures’ in certain parts of the NHS and social care system, leaving some staff ‘uncomfortable to speak up.’

Plans to improve health and social care workforces are ‘welcomed,’ according to Suzie Bailey of the Kings Fund health think tank.

However, in an interview this morning, she warned that the report contains errors.

‘Anything that helps the health and care workforce is welcome,’ she said.

‘However, the elephant in the room is the deep workforce crisis that predates the pandemic and that the government has been hesitant to address.

‘There are a lot of vacancies, and the staff is exhausted, as they were before the pandemic.’

‘This review is welcome, but my concern is that it will actually address the magnitude of the workforce crisis,’ she added.