The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Health / Social Work Human Health Services And Activities Human Health Activities 86.1 - Hospital activities
1,200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
7 July 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 March 2006
Description
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is preparing to cut up to 1,260 jobs and propose a freeze on all recruitment for the next nine months to achieve a £12 million reduction in the wage bill. Doctors, nurses and ancillary staff who retire or move to another hospital will not be replaced. The Trust is one of the NHS's largest teaching hospitals and the moves come as part of a round of cuts to avert a financial crisis in ‘overspending' trusts. The Leeds plan includes compulsory redeployment of staff to fill vacant posts and avoid causing a threat to patient safety. The programme would reduce the staffing at Leeds general infirmary, St James's University hospital and their satellite establishments by 140 a month - from more than 14,000 to about 12,800 by the end of March 2006.
Sources
7 July 2005: The Guardian
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61917, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61917.
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