[Oboogie]

They've scrapped NHS England.

Excellent.

[The Weeping Angel]

Online they're people who think they've abolished the NHS itself.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Chrstine McAnea has a good point , certainly that the announcement could have been handled better, as you’d expect from a TU representative, but I’d expect NHS staff affected to be properly redeployed and/or compensated.

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Union backlash as Starmer vows ‘flabby’ state reform and axes NHS England

Of course they will and I'll be surprised and disappointed if there's many compulsory redundancies. Meanwhile, of course, over on Mail Online, readers are baying for blood and would love to see thousands of people made redundant and put on display so they can laugh and hurl abuse at them.

No way can compulsory redundancies be avoided. The trouble with relying on voluntary redundancies is that often people who are good take them because they’re confident of getting another good job. Nor are hiring freezes a great solution because you actually want to get fresh intakes of motivated people.

Early retirements might be more of a plan. Good or bad at your job, the attraction is the same, and probably a few high salaries (if not in the Casemiro league) to be saved.

But it’ll be shit for lots of people because the plan is to lose lots of the headcount taken on for Brexit and Covid.

[Youngian]

The trouble with relying on voluntary redundancies is that often people who are good take them because they’re confident of getting another good job.

Or run a tea shop in the Lake District. Did Thick of It's Teri Covely ever get her redundancy package?