Nurses’ jobs at risk from older people’s care unit closure, union warns

Nurses and healthcare assistants face redundancy or transfer following a decision to close Bridlington Care Unit (BCU) in Yorkshire, the union Unite has warned. The board of York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has backed the permanent closure of the elderly care unit in a move towards community-based care for patients who no...Read moreThe post Nurses’ jobs at risk from older people’s care unit closure, union warns appeared first on Nursing in Practice.