Suffolk and Essex health trust to outsource facilities staff
UNISON slammed East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) for its “reckless” decision to outsource facilities maintenance staff today.
Hundreds of cleaners, porters, housekeepers and other facilities staff are set to be affected.
Staff at the trust have already staged 30 days of industrial action in protest.
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