Cuts put 13,000 NHS jobs on the line, says union

There are nearly 13,000 NHS jobs so far "at risk" of redundancy as the health service embarks on a huge efficiency savings programme, according to the GMB union . The health service total, which are based on data provided by fellow public services union Unison, comes as the number of local authority jobs "at risk" in the UK edges up 165,172 - up over two thousand in a week. . The NHS job loss figures, in common with those from councils, are compiled from formal HR1 redundancy notifications issued by employers. The local authority figures suggests the rate of increase has slowed over the past week. Some 297 councils, and police and fire authorities have declared their hand so far, with over 200 local authorities yet to declare how many posts they are likely to shed. The GMB says the number of jobs at risk at other public bodies, including 2,500 the Ministry of Defence, and and 3,000 at the Environment Agency, amount to 6,208. This amounts to a total of 184,073 public sector jobs currently under threat, it says. This "other public bodies" category is based on statements by employers, rather than HR1 notifications. The NHS jobs at risk of redundancy are: North East NHS North East 500 NHS Counter Fraud 40 North West University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust 705 Central & Eastern Cheshire PCT 250 Central Lancashire PCT 75 Lancashire Care NHS Trust 53 Royal Liverpool University Hospital NHS Trust 16 Yorkshire & The Humber Humber NHS Foundation Trust 40 East Midlands University Hospitals of Leicestershire 1,500 Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 670 NHS Leicestershire Partnerships NHS Trust 60 West Midlands Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust 1,600 Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 340 Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust 300 George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust 257 North Staffordshire PCT 110 University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust 25 Telford and Wrekin PCT 19 Shropshire County PCT 13 Eastern NHS Norfolk / NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney 500 Southend Hospital 400 South West Essex Primary Care Trust 250 Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn 224 Ipswich Hospital 70 London Ealing Primary Care Trust 900 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospital 600 Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust 250 Kingston Hospital 486 The Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust 30 St Georges Hospital Trust 500 South West London & St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust 10 South East Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 600 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 375 Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust 308 Winchester & Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust 120 Surrey Primary Care Trust 70 Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust 57 Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Mental Health Foundation Trust 55 Winchester & Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust 40 Brighton & Hove City PCT 33 Hastings and Rother Primary Care Trust 30 South West Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 230 NHS TOTAL 12,693 For a full list of local authority "jobs at risk", and a regional break down, see the GMB website. For a discussion of how robust the GMB figures may be as an index of likely job losses, see this blog post I did earlier. The GMB adds this explanation of how it has compiled the figures below: "Under the Trades Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 employers are required to give the secretary of state for Business, Innovation and Skills an advance (HR1) notification of potential redundancies and to send copies to recognised trades unions. Section 6 of the HR1 form sets out the number of possible redundancies and the date on the form triggers the 90 day consultation period. The information ... on the levels of posts under threat is mainly drawn from this source. Where possible GMB officers have sought to establish the difference between the number of posts that will be in a council in April 2014 compared with number of posts in summer 2010. Section 4 deals with timing of redundancies and the most common date on the HR1 forms is 31 March 2011. Many volunteers for redundancy have already left their employment. NHS data is sourced from Unison."