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Aneurin Bevan
Aneurin Bevan Health Board - There was an increase of 111 more nursing staff between Sept 2009 and Sept 2010.
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Cwm Taf
Cwm Taf Local Health Board - There was a reduction in 122 nursing posts between Sept 2009 and Sept...
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Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board - There was a reduction of 98 nursing posts (88 WTE) between Sept 2009 and Sept 2010.
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Cardiff & Vale University
Cardiff and Vale Local Health Board - There were 87 more nursing staff at the LHB between Sept 2009 and Sept 2010.
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Powys Teaching
Powys Local Health Board - 166 nursing posts were lost between Sept 2009 and 2010, although many of...
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Hywel Dda
Hywel Dda Local Health Board - There was an increase of 83.4 WTE posts between Sept 2009 and Sep 2010.
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Betsi Cadwalader University
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board - There was an increase of 54 nursing posts between Sept 2009 and Sept 2010.
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Western
Western Health and Social Care Trust - The Trust has cut 37 nursing posts since December 2009.
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Southern
Southern Health and Social Care Trust - 23 nursing posts cut since December 2009.
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South Eastern
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust - Changes to service provision at Downe and Lagan Valley Hospitals.
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Northern
Northern Health and Social Care Trust - 177 nursing posts cut since December 2009, representing 6% of the nursing workforce.
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Belfast
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust - 250 nursing posts lost since December 2009 and 500 posts scheduled to be cut.
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South Central
Solent NHS Trust - There are plans to combine two rehabilitation wards for older people in Portsmouth.
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust - The gynaecology ward at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury will no longer be open 24 hours a day.
Heatherwood and Wrexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Plans show a loss of 813 WTE posts in the period 2010 to...
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South East Coast
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust - The trust plans to reduce its workforce by 52.
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - The trust plans to downband two band 6 nurses to band 5 within the pre-assessment unit.
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London
South London Healthcare NHS Trust - The trust reduced its workforce by 308.76 WTE in the year 2010-11, and...
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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - The trust plans to reduce staff numbers by 150 in the financial year 2011-12 through natural wastage.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust - Plans to merge the trusts learning disability inpatient facilities into one unit would...
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East of England
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - The trust plans to decrease its workforce by 400 WTE from 2011 to...
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East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust - The changes could mean a loss of 30.44 WTE posts, 22.91 of them registered nurses.
South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - The trust plans to reduce its nursing workforce by 149.67 WTE from 2011 to 2013. Redundancies are possible.
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East Midlands
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust - The trust proposed restructure into care groups will mean a loss of five senior managers, including one nurse.
NHS Northamptonshire - Restructuring proposals at NHS Northamptonshire PCT have placed 102.52 WTE posts at risk.
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust needs to save ÂŁ23 million over a 5...
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South West
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust - The trust plans to reduce its nursing establishment by 125.
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust - The trust aims to make pay savings equivalent to about 250 WTE posts per year until 2014.
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust - The trust plans to decrease its workforce by 504 WTE from 2010 to 2013. 60% of the posts are clinical.
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Yorkshire and the Humber
Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust - Plans to reduce its workforce by 300 WTE from 2011 to 2014.
Northern Lincolnshire & Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Plans to decrease its workforce by 491 WTE. This includes 146 nursing and midwifery posts, and 72 other clinical.
NHS Rotherham PCT - Lost 18 posts as part of plans to reduce management costs.
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North West
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust - The trust is reconfiguring its adult mental health community services.
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust - The trust plans to reduce its workforce by 479 WTE from 2011 to 2014.
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North East
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - The trust is proposing to downgrade 2 band 7 nurse practitioners.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Trust proposes to reconfigure coronary care services at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton.
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust - 33 band 6s are earmarked to be downbanded to band 5, and the trust plans to cut seven posts overall.
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Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Dumfries & Galloway - The board must save £6.8m to break even in 2010-11. This represents 2.9%...
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West Midlands
University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire - The trust plans to close Birch Ward on the St Cross site.
Birmingham and Solihull NHS Cluster/NHS Direct - Could lose 53 WTE posts, mainly nursing from Birmingham Own Health, a service for people with long term conditions.
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust - Proposing to reorganise its nursing workforce, resulting in the loss of 66.47 WTE...
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Borders
NHS Borders - The board must save ÂŁ5.4m to break even in 2010-11. This represents 3.3%...
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Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Ayrshire & Arran - There has been a 1% decrease in the nursing workforce, and nursing and...
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Lanarkshire
NHS Lanarkshire - The board must save £17.1million in 2010/11. This represents 2.1% of their basic...
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Lothian
NHS Lothian - The board must save £31million in 2010/11. This represents 3% of their basic...
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Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde - The board must save £54m to break even in 2010-11. This represents 2.9%...
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Fife
NHS Fife - The board must save £9.7m to break even in 2010-11. This represents 1.9%...
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Forth Valley
NHS Forth Valley - The board must save £26.5m to break even in 2010-11. This represents 6.6%...
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Tayside
NHS Tayside - The board must save £30million in 2010/11. This represents 5.1% of their basic...
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Grampian
NHS Grampian - The board must save £34m to break even in 2010-11. This represents 5%...
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Highland
NHS Highland - The board must save £14.7m to break even in 2010-11. This represents 3.1%...
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Orkney
NHS Orkney - The board must save £2.5m to break even in 2010-11. This represents 8%...
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Shetland
NHS Shetland - The board must save £1.4million in 2010/11. This represents 3.8% of their basic...
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Western Isles
NHS Western Isles - The board must save £4.4m to break even in 2010-11. This represents 7.6%...
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30 01 2012 | Frontline First team
The Royal College of Nursing is today (30 January) sending out voting papers asking members whether they want to accept or reject the Governmentâs NHS pension proposals.
All RCN members, apart from those already retired, are urged to use their vote, ahead of the deadline of 4pm on 27 February.
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19 01 2012 | RCN Public Affairs Team
Writing in the Guardian today, Dr Peter Carter announced that the RCN has now moved to oppose the Health and Social Care bill because: âour concerns have not been listened to and the genuine anxieties we have on behalf of patients in England have been, to a large extent, ignored.â
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19 01 2012 | Frontline First team
The RCN today (19 January) moved to oppose the Health and Social Care Bill in England, arguing that serious concerns expressed by members have not been addressed during the parliamentary process, listening exercise or political engagement.
The RCN, which had not previously opposed the bill as a whole, has taken the decision at this point arguing that the proposals will not deliver on the principles originally set out, and that recent announcements, such as the rise in the cap on private patients being treated in NHS hospitals, make the bill in its entirety a serious threat to the NHS.
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17 01 2012 | Frontline First team
Today the RCN announced the timetable for the membersâ vote in which they will decide whether they wish to accept or reject the Governmentâs âfinalâ pensions proposals.
All RCN members, apart from those who are currently retired, will receive voting papers in the week beginning January 30 2012 with the closing date for returns being 4pm on 27 February 2012.
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10 01 2012 | Frontline First team
All RCN members will have the opportunity to vote on whether to accept or reject the Governmentâs "final" proposals for the NHS pension scheme.
The announcement was made today following a meeting of RCN Council.
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23 12 2011
The Government has announced its âfinal positionâ on new NHS pension arrangements from 2015. Read our latest briefing for more information.
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20 12 2011 | RCN Public Affairs Team
Significant steps have now been made in the negotiations between the Government and unions on public sector pensions. The RCN has been at the heart of these negotiations; standing up for members, representing your views and communicating these with the Government.
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13 12 2011 | Frontline First team
When we look back on 2011, we'll remember a year in which nursing faced some monumental challenges; cuts to the frontline, attacks on your pension and controversial reforms to the NHS.
However, despite the difficulties, I firmly believe that at this time of year you have the right to celebrate your achievements and remember what incredible work you do each and every day.
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09 12 2011 | RCN Public Affairs team
Thereâs not really a day goes by at the moment when the issue of pensions, be it public sector or state pensions, isnât in the press.
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30 11 2011 | Frontline First team
RCN members up and down the country will be supporting today's Day of Action in protest against planned changes to public sector pensions.
Members will be showing their support for fair pensions by attending marches, demonstrations and protests during their breaks and outside work hours. RCN Chief Executive Dr Peter Carter will be visiting several events.
If current pensions negotiations fail by the end of December, the RCN's governing Council will meet in January to authorise a ballot on industrial action.
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