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info@commonwealthcontractors.comThe announcement of job losses at Standard Life follows the Royal Bank of Scotland’s announcement that it will make further cuts into its Contract and Permanent workforce with plans to shed a further 3,500 jobs in the United Kingdom. The next stage of the ‘efficiency drive’ at RBS follows the axing of 9,000 jobs at […]
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RBS has shed 20,000 jobs in total since the start of the financial crisis however the bank has seen fortunes largely turn around in the last few months following the announcement of a £1.1 Billion profit in the first half of 2010. The bank said that the job losses were largely the result of the […]
The Unison lead officer for health in North East, Trevor Johnston, said that \”The trade unions are happy at any improvement to front-line services for patients, but must point out that managers and administrative staff carry out important functions in the NHS. We\’re very concerned that a reduction in these areas will lead to front-line […]
Under the MARS scheme senior levels managers in the National Health Service could receive up to £100,000 while Chief Executives of the 152 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) could on average receive £137,500. Funding for the MARS scheme has come from the £1.7 Billion pot put aside by the Government in June to cover the cost […]
The acting Chief Executive of the National Health Service Confederation, Nigel Edwards, said that \”Any spending of taxpayers\’ money has to be justified, and the NHS has been asked by successive governments to perform tasks for which internal expertise was not present or needed to be developed. Dismissing all this spending as wasteful is unfounded. […]
Tim Straughan, NHS Information Centre chief executive said that “This report shows the biggest annual rise in written complaints about NHS hospitals and community services for 12 years. However it is important to bear in mind that there has been a substantial increase in NHS activity in England over time. For example, information from two […]
The president of Wipro’s datacentre outsourcing practice , Sameer Kishore, said that \”The addition of a datacentre in Europe represents an important milestone in Wirpo’s growth strategy. The Meerbusch facility will enable Wipro to extend its capabilities to the European market and strengthen the company\’s ability to compete for global outsourcing opportunities.\” Recently it was […]
Peter Solderitsch, a software engineer at Google, said that \”Writing a document collaboratively in Google Docs is like playing a team sport. Its one thing to see your co-editors\’ cursors and know where they are. But to really work well together, it helps to know what they\’re about to do. Collaborative highlighting makes it easier […]
According to figures fro m Simon Burns, a minister for Health, in 2008 to 2009 the National Health Service (NHS) spent a whopping £1.6 Billion on Information Technology. Of the £1.6 Billion, £27 million was spent on Strategic Health Authorities and £682 million on Primary Care Trusts. However as both Strategic Health Authorities and Primary […]
Social Media Recently the Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust began using Justgiving.com and so far 150,000 registered users have joined. A recent heart transplant patient said that “This web site is like a secure and simple Facebook for hospital patients and their families. It enables people to keep in touch with the patient or simply […]