This week more than 200 redundancies have been announced at Bedford Hospital, according to the local Bedfordshire on Sunday and Bedford Times & Citizen newspapers.
Union bosses have been told by hospital managers that up to one in eleven jobs will be cut because the hospital cannot meet its financial targets
In addition, more than 120 existing vacancies will be withdrawn or remain unfulfilled.
The hospital has brought in a financial ‘turnaround team’ to help pay back its £12 million deficit.
The moves have left staff from cleaners to consultants furious, with the cutbacks likely to affect patient care.
John Toomey, regional organiser for public sector workers union Unison said: "This is going to devastate the hospital.
There are not 200 people in the hospital who have little or nothing to do. Everybody is already rushed off their feet.
"We are not at a point where we can afford to lose 20 jobs at Bedford Hospital, let alone 200."
He added: "Bedford will not have a proper hospital any more, plain and simple."
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