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Three Views and Opinions about the
state of the N.H.S. "Right now, the ice that ministers are skating
on doesn't come any thinner.... and it is melting fast." Dr Beverly Malone - RCN general secretary The Royal College of Nursing will tell
representatives at its annual conference that 13,000 jobs could be
lost to claw back a £600 million deficit across England. Nurses' leaders warn community services for older
people and the mentally ill are the latest targets for cuts as NHS
Trusts tackle budget deficits. But there are also concerns that children with
cancer and leukaemia will also be among the victims of frontline job
cuts as specialist nursing posts are hit. "We are being told that somehow jobs will be
disappeared or left unfilled without patients and staff feeling the
pain - what utter nonsense !" UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis "The union is not prepared to stand by and
watch staff suffer 'in a climate of fear'." "We will be supporting members who feel that
they have no option left other than industrial action to protect jobs
and services." "The financial crisis in the NHS is being
fuelled by the government's 'quicksand policies' tearing the NHS in
every direction." "The union would not stand by and allow its
members to be scapegoated." AND IN REPLY . . . . . "Most of the posts being lost were "not real jobs" but were jobs filled by temporary or agency staff." Gill Morgan, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation (which represents NHS bodies). [So the 720 lost jobs announced by Worcs. Acute Trust (in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester hospitals) won't be 'real jobs' lost by real people who matter . . . Ed.] 24/04/06
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