NHS mental health trust plans cuts to jobs and services to close £25m gap
East London Foundation Trust says it must reduce spending as demand rises and its finances remain under pressure.
An NHS mental health trust serving parts of east London and Bedfordshire is planning to cut jobs and services to help fill a £25 million shortfall, according to the Guardian. The East London NHS Foundation Trust has not set out the full scale of the changes, but the move comes as demand for mental health care continues to grow.
The trust’s plans would affect a broad range of services and could lead to hundreds of posts being removed, the report said. Critics quoted by the newspaper described the proposal as hard to understand and unacceptable given the level of need.
The trust provides mental health care across a large area that includes east London and Bedfordshire. Financial pressures have forced NHS organisations in England to look for savings while demand for support remains high.
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