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| Job loss warning over Morecambe Bay NHS hospital cuts | Job loss warning over Morecambe Bay NHS hospital cuts |
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| Hospitals staff have been warned jobs could be lost as a trust works to cut spending by £30m. | Hospitals staff have been warned jobs could be lost as a trust works to cut spending by £30m. |
| University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has started a 45-day consultation with staff. | University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has started a 45-day consultation with staff. |
| The document sets out the trust's plans, which include up to 260 posts being cut, although it said it would not mean that many job losses. | The document sets out the trust's plans, which include up to 260 posts being cut, although it said it would not mean that many job losses. |
| The trust, which runs hospitals in Barrow, Kendal and Lancaster, said it would work to minimise any job losses. | The trust, which runs hospitals in Barrow, Kendal and Lancaster, said it would work to minimise any job losses. |
| In a letter to staff, trust chairman John Cowdall and chief executive Jackie Daniel said any schemes would have to be assessed to make sure they did not have a negative impact on patients. | In a letter to staff, trust chairman John Cowdall and chief executive Jackie Daniel said any schemes would have to be assessed to make sure they did not have a negative impact on patients. |
| 'Alarming plan' | 'Alarming plan' |
| They said: "It would be wrong of us to guarantee that there will not be job losses as a result of the changes but we will do everything we can to minimise the impact." | They said: "It would be wrong of us to guarantee that there will not be job losses as a result of the changes but we will do everything we can to minimise the impact." |
| Measures will include redeploying staff and reducing use of agency staff. | Measures will include redeploying staff and reducing use of agency staff. |
| The document sets out eight schemes the trust is proposing to cut costs including cutting the length of patients' stays and a review of the nursing, medical and administration workforces. | The document sets out eight schemes the trust is proposing to cut costs including cutting the length of patients' stays and a review of the nursing, medical and administration workforces. |
| Barrow and Furness Labour MP John Woodcock said: "This alarming plan shows that the swingeing cuts being forced on our hospitals means that up to one in ten nursing and support posts could go. | |
| "[It] is very hard to see how cuts on this scale could be made without patient care suffering." | "[It] is very hard to see how cuts on this scale could be made without patient care suffering." |
| He said he would be writing to the health secretary to ask the government to to rethink the speed and scale of cuts being imposed on the trust's hospitals. | He said he would be writing to the health secretary to ask the government to to rethink the speed and scale of cuts being imposed on the trust's hospitals. |