Health authority accused of having ‘warped priorities’
By ADAM MORRIS
NHS LOTHIAN has created a new £100,000-a-year human resources role as part of the same strategy which will axe 333 nurses, it can be revealed today.
It has emerged that while health chiefs want to slim the workforce by 2,000 over the next two years, an assistant director of HR has been appointed – on the wage of four nurses. Patient groups and politicians, who have campaigned for frontline workers to be protected, are furious that a six-figure salary could be given for a role that has not existed for at least three years.
Health chiefs remained tight-lipped on the appointment, confirming only that interviews were held in March and April and that the post was for three years.
The new staff member – whose identity is unknown – will assist director of human resources Alan Boyter, who himself is paid £140,000 per year. And their main job will be to cut the workforce from 29,000 to 27,000. Read more…
