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”

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…