U.S. health department to slash 10K jobs under Kennedy’s overhaul plan – National

The U.S. Division of Well being and Human Companies will lower about 10,000 full-time jobs and shut half of its regional places of work, it mentioned on Thursday, a serious overhaul of the division beneath Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The newest job cuts, and about 10,000 latest voluntary departures, will cut back the variety of full-time staff on the division to 62,000 from 82,000, the division mentioned.

“We aren’t simply lowering bureaucratic sprawl. We’re realigning the group with its core mission and our new priorities in reversing the continual illness epidemic,” Kennedy mentioned in a division assertion.

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The HHS plan entails slicing 3,500 full-time staff on the Meals and Drug Administration, the division mentioned in a truth sheet breaking down the cuts, including that the cuts wouldn’t have an effect on inspectors or drug, medical gadget, or meals reviewers.

The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention will see 2,400 employees lower and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, at present an unbiased HHS company with 1,000 staff, folded into it.

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The Nationwide Institutes for Well being will see a discount of 1,200 staff throughout its 27 institutes and facilities, the breakdown confirmed. The Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Companies was comparatively spared with a discount of about 300 folks.

As a part of the restructuring, 28 models of the division will be consolidated into 15 new divisions, together with a brand new ‘Administration for a Wholesome America’, or AHA.

AHA will mix places of work in HHS that tackle dependancy, poisonous substances and occupational security, amongst others, into one central workplace, the company mentioned.

The brand new models can even centralize features comparable to exterior affairs, human assets and IT.

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