Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
East of England; Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire; Bedfordshire CC
Location of affected unit(s)
Bedford
Sector
Health / Social Work
Human Health Services And Activities
Human Health Activities
86.1 - Hospital activities

121 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
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://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63968.