Management jobs are to be shed at a Bradford NHS trust as it moves towards foundation trust status.
Bradford District Care Trust is seeking voluntary redundancies and voluntary early retirement as part of a consultation with its senior management.
It is seeking to reduce managerial posts from 79 to 54. It is hoped to avoid compulsory redundancies, although they have not been ruled out.
The move comes after community health services, such as district nurses, school nursing teams and podiatry were transferred to the Care Trust last April. The transfer process highlighted areas of “significant duplication” and “potential for improved ways of working” within the new organisation’s senior management structure. It also presented an opportunity for the Care Trust, which also provides mental health and learning disability services, to save money through the integration of management structures. The trust, which has its headquarters in Saltaire, needs to save £18.5 million over the next five financial years to 2017.
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