UNISON Slams latest NHS Job Cuts

UNISON, the UK’s largest health union, today slammed

compulsory redundancy notices issued to 33 members of staff at

Ormskirk and Southport Hospitals Trust.

The redundancies come in the wake of an announcement by the

Trust that it is handing over one of the hospital’s own wards to

BUPA, to run as an Independent Sector Treatment Centre (ISTC).

Karen Jennings, UNISON Head of Health, said: