Plans for a major reorganisation of Oxfordshire's health service threaten months of upheaval at a time when the NHS is grappling with massive debts - reports the Abingdon Herald.
The Thames Valley Health Authority, faced with presiding over job cuts as the size of its deficit grows weekly, is to be abolished.
Instead, it will form part of a giant new strategic NHS authority, which will also include Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
The news comes as the size of the budget deficit facing the Thames Valley authority is estimated as being anything between £35m and £82m.
Mark Ladbrooke, chairman of Unison's Oxfordshire Health branch, said the union had unsuccessfully fought for a postponement of cuts in wards and community hospitals during the consultation on the reorganisation.
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