Monday, 1 February 2016

Hospitals told to cut staff amid spiralling NHS cash crisis

Hospitals told to cut staff amid spiralling NHS cash crisis


Exclusive: Nurses’ jobs threatened as regulators ditch policy brought in after Mid Staffs scandal of prioritising staff numbers

Hospitals are being told to shed staff to rescue the NHS from an acute funding crisis, leaving nurses and other frontline medical workers at risk of the sack.

NHS regulators have taken the controversial decision despite intense concern among hospital bosses and health unions that reducing staff will hit quality of care, patient safety and staff morale, while increasing waiting times.

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