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Thousands of health jobs face axe

Monday 26th April 2010

NHS spending cuts have put thousands of jobs at risk as health services chiefs try to save up to £20billion.

Details from 26 trusts show at least 5600 jobs in danger, according to data released by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) at its annual conference in Bournemouth.

It said that cuts to services and staff were "becoming a reality across the health service as some trusts look to slash budgets".

And the union believes that its figures are on the "conservative side".

The RCN also found the cuts were creating major staffing problems as 92% of respondents said patient care was being compromised by short staffing at least several times a month.

A third said it happened on most shifts.

Half of respondents said they had a recruitment freeze in place.

Around 40% were banned from using agency nurses and 22% said nursing posts on their wards had already been cut.

Mike Jones

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