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Article: Fears nursing job cuts will put patients at risk Union warning over plan to axe psychiatric staff
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- Evening Times
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- August 11, 2005
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A UNION has warned psychiatric patients and staff at hospitals in
Glasgow will be put in danger if the health board goes ahead with
plans to axe nurse managers.
NHS Greater Glasgow is planning to remove four lead nurses in
acute psychiatry, responsible for managing staff at five psychiatric
units.
And the Independent Federation of Nursing in Scotland has warned
this will increase the risk of too few staff, with insufficient
experience, being left to look after patients.
But they have been told to compete for new general managers'
posts, leading to fears they could lose their jobs.
They believe their roles will bundled in with tasks such as
organising cleaning, catering and office supplies, ...