NHSBT Announces 467 More Redundancies

In the latest NHSBT business plan at least 467 more posts are being made redundant. In fact, 284 of these post have already been made redundant in the 2006/07 business year. Does this mean we are saving money? Not really as there are so-called non-recurring costs of at least £9 million to cover plans for the new strategy. These 'non-recurring' costs are set to be a 'significant' in the coming years which is an interesting use of the term 'non-recurring'.

The plan also mentions having the 'appropriate' management capacity in place to carry out the strategy. So far, this seems to be employing more managers at the expense of front-line staff.

Apologies for the lateness of this article. The plan was published on 17th May 2007.