NHS redundancy bill halved to £17m as staff shortages bite COSTS of redundancies at frontline NHS trusts in Yorkshire have been dramatically slashed as health chiefs face demands to increase staffing to improve standards and safety of care. Figures analysed by The Yorkshire Post reveal £17 million in severance payments was paid in 2013-14 in the region, down from £33m the year before. Around 580 staff were handed exit deals, compared with more than 1,130 in 2012-13. Half the total redundancies came in eight NHS trusts providing social and mental healthcare, while 16 others providing hospital or ambulance services in Yorkshire saw the biggest reductions in severance deals. The fall comes amid pressure on hospitals to enhance staffing in the wake of the report into the Mid Staffordshire scandal, leading to additional recruitment of doctors and nurses. Instead the axe has fallen on non-clinical staff, but in many cases cuts in administrative and managerial staff have already been made, leaving NHS trusts struggling to carry out an unprecedented £20 billion in savings in England, plunging many into major financial difficulties. Figures for 2013-14 reveal the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust shed the most jobs with 101 staff given exit deals at a cost of £3.7m. A further 91 [...] leedsinnews/nhs-redundancy-bill-halved-to-17m-as-staff-shortages-bite/
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 02:45:39 +0000
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