Saturday 27 January 2007

Trust in debt asks staff to work for no wages

The Daily Telegraph reports today that a health trust is asking doctors and nurses to work without pay because it is millions of pounds in debt.

Managers at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust have written to workers at its three hospitals to see if they will put in a day's work as "a voluntary contribution".

The trust, which has cut services because of a £16 million deficit last year (NB. not even a day's worth of cash that's flowing to the EU) is also encouraging staff to postpone taking a week's holiday to "help avoid additional costs".

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