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.
South East (England); Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; Berkshire West
Location of affected unit(s)
Reading
Sector
Health / Social work 86 - Human health activities 86.1 - Hospital activities 86.1 - Hospital activities
600 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
5 August 2010
Employment effect (start)
5 August 2010
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
Reading's largest employer, the Royal Berkshire Hospital, has announced it will cut up to 600 jobs by 2015 as part of a plan to save £60m, despite the fact that funding for the NHS as a whole is being ring-fenced. Chief executive Edward Donald said the majority of the cuts would come from backroom posts, including human resources, not frone-line staff. Alistair Maclean, from the Independent Democratic Union (IDU) said that the cuts will have a "devastating impact on health service in Berkshire. There is a myth that we can make savings without affecting front-line staff."
Eurofound (2010), Royal Berkshire Hospital, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 70802, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/70802.
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