No job for life.
Jobs for life in the health service are a thing of the past, and it seems job security may be heading the same way. Like other industries, health care is now part of the market. And the market dictates that when cash is tight, jobs are on the line - nurses' jobs included. Changes in the way health care is organised, with a growing emphasis on developing primary services, also affect the number of staff needed to deliver care. The Tomlinson report has focused all eyes on London, where opinion seems united that change must take place. The question is how it should happen and at what cost to the workforce. But it is not only London that is being 'Tomlinsoned'. Services in Glasgow, Cardiff, Liverpool, Birmingham and Northern Ireland arc also under review and other areas are likely to follow suit.
Nursing Standard.
John
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