NEARLY 1000 health service jobs are being axed this year, including 482 nurses and midwives – with more than half of the overall job losses at Scotland's biggest health board.
NEARLY 1000 health service jobs are being axed this year, including 482 nurses and midwives – with more than half of the overall job losses at Scotland's biggest health board.
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Helen Puttick Health Correspondent
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is making some of the deepest cuts, shedding almost 600 posts, more than half of which are nursing staff.
Unions warned staffing projections by NHS Scotland for the coming financial year showed the service continued to be under-funded and said it must be realistic about how many nurses are needed to deliver targets and maintain high standards of patient care.
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