You couldn’t make this up. While NSFT plans to spend £7.3 million on redundancies, it is running expensive press advertisements desperately trying to recruit temporary staff via NHS Professionals. Thanks to the campaign supporter who spotted this press advertisement and sent it to us. Let us know if you see any more – is NSFT advertising in Suffolk too? [UPDATE: See comment below for confirmation that NSFT is advertising vacancies in Suffolk] There are another 41 advertisements on NHS Jobs today as well.
As Gary Page, NSFT Chair has already admitted:
“We acknowledge that a key part of the service strategy we didn’t always get right was in relation to workforce planning.”
That’s a bit of an understatement, Gary. See for yourself: