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NHS staff protest outsourcing as NHS-support firm enters administration

Reports from the same week show separate pressures on NHS employment and on an external emergency-services company.

Hospital workers protested outside an NHS trust's annual meeting over plans to move hundreds of staff out of direct NHS employment, Somerset County Gazette and Bridgwater Mercury reported [1][2]. The sources do not indicate any direct link between the protest and the administration.

Sources

  1. Somerset County Gazette: 'We're proud to work for the NHS': Hospital staff rally against outsourcing plans
  2. Bridgwater Mercury: 'We're proud to work for the NHS': Hospital staff rally against outsourcing plans
  3. Cotswold Journal: Emergency services company supporting the NHS enters administration after 20 years

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