John Swinney to Cut Health Boards in Major Realignment of NHS

John Swinney is warned reform package may be ‘more reckless than revolutionary’

The Scottish Trades Union Congress’s Roz Foyer said he was ‘presenting the public with a misleading choice of cuts packaged as public sector reform’.

John Swinney to cut health boards in major realignment of NHS

The first minister said it was part of a “radical reshaping of public services"

Top SNP civil servant warns services will 'stop or be consolidated' as John Swinney to set out cuts

The warning comes as John Swinney prepares to set out the “practical steps” to reform Scotland’s public services.

John Swinney 'considering health board cull' as NHS 'fighting for survival'

First Minister John Swinney is considering cutting the number of health boards amid warnings the NHS is "fighting for survival".

Unite Warns Thousands of Jobs at Risk in NHS Shake Up

Unite has warned that health and social care workers will not be allowed to become "collateral damage" as the Scottish Government prepares to replace Scotland's 14 territorial health boards with two strategic bodies. The union, which represents more than 15,000 health and social care workers in Scotland, says it will consider "all options" as it challenges the public service reforms announced by First Minister John Swinney on 1 September.The pos…