NHS Departments to suffer job cuts

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NHS Job cuts - Government uncertain regarding the numbers involved

Source bbc

Campaigners have reacted angrily to Tony Blair's assertion that there will only be a "few hundred" redundancies in the NHS.

They, along with the Conservatives, say the total number of jobs losses linked to the current financial crisis in the NHS will be nearer to 20,000.

The NHS Confederation, which represents managers in the health service, says: "The figures being widely quoted of up to 20,000 may turn out to not be too far off the total reduction in workforce numbers this year.

"This applies, however, not to people being made redundant but to the number of posts being taken out of the system in a total workforce of some 1.3 million."

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