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Job cuts drive at Blackpool Victoria Hospital but most applications are being declined

Some 56 applications had been received by the time the original four-week window closed earlier this year, but 40 were refused “for various reasons”

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Oct 16, 2024
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Reception at Blackpool Victoria Hospital

First published on 22 August 2024

Jobs are being cut at the cash-strapped NHS trust running Blackpool Victoria Hospital - although most people hoping to be paid off have so far been rejected.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust launched a ‘mutually agreed resignation scheme’ (Mars) - which it insists i…

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