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26/10/2012
South Yorkshire Hospital To Cut 20% Of Workforce
A South Yorkshire hospital trust has announced it will be cutting around 20% of its workforce, some 750 jobs, by 2015.
Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust said it needed a "smaller hospital, with substantially fewer beds" and a smaller workforce to save £50m over the next four years.
A report presented to the board by its chief executive said "compulsory redundancies are inevitable".
Unison has blamed the cuts on mismanagement.
Chief executive Brian James said: "The NHS continues to face tough times financially.
"Our staff are our biggest asset, but also our biggest cost and we are exploring how to best manage and substantially reduce our costs whilst ensuring we continue to provide quality healthcare."
The report, entitled Creating Certainty in an Uncertain World, said "radical change" was necessary for the trust to save £50m from its £220m budget before 2015, and meet government targets.
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Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust said it needed a "smaller hospital, with substantially fewer beds" and a smaller workforce to save £50m over the next four years.
A report presented to the board by its chief executive said "compulsory redundancies are inevitable".
Unison has blamed the cuts on mismanagement.
Chief executive Brian James said: "The NHS continues to face tough times financially.
"Our staff are our biggest asset, but also our biggest cost and we are exploring how to best manage and substantially reduce our costs whilst ensuring we continue to provide quality healthcare."
The report, entitled Creating Certainty in an Uncertain World, said "radical change" was necessary for the trust to save £50m from its £220m budget before 2015, and meet government targets.
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