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.
West Midlands (England); West Midlands; Birmingham
Location of affected unit(s)
Bedford
Sector
Health / Social work 86 - Human health activities 86.1 - Hospital activities 86.1 - Hospital activities
121 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
26 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust said it had reduced costs in a number of areas, including not filling vacancies, but further action was now needed. It said £5m would be saved by the loss of the equivalent of 121 full time jobs and changing the way it runs services. A union spokesperson from Unison said: 'It is the most wilful act of destruction Bedford has ever seen.'
Sources
26 August 2006: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63968, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63968.