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RCN response to release of Department of Health NHS redundancy figures. Dr Beverly Malone, General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said: "We welcome the fact that the government has at last come clean on the serious number of compulsory redundancies in the NHS because of the deficits crisis. However, we are dismayed that ministers have failed to include in their published evidence the number of voluntary redundancies and posts to be deleted in the NHS. "Let me be clear about the figure of 20,000 NHS post losses that the RCN have identified. We don't claim that this figure is exclusively redundancies. This is the number of posts identified by Trusts in England to be lost by freezing and deleting posts and by voluntary and compulsory redundancies. "But ministers should be under no illusions about the serious impact on patients care if these posts are lost to the NHS. A post lost - whether through redundancy or freezing and deleting posts - means there is a job not being done and a service not being given. "It also leaves the staff remaining treating even more patients, placing them under often intolerable and unsustainable pressure. "What also saddens me greatly is that the Government seem to be claiming 903 NHS compulsory redundancies as a success. I am sure that the 903 people do not share their view." Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is the voice of nursing across the UK and is the largest professional union of nursing staff in the world. The RCN promotes the interest of nurses and patients on a wide range of issues and helps shape healthcare policy by working closely with the UK Government and other national and international institutions, trade unions, professional bodies and voluntary organisations.
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