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Last Updated: Monday, 10 October 2005, 15:41 GMT 16:41 UK
Recruitment frozen at hospitals
A recruitment freeze has been introduced at Shropshire's two main acute hospitals as a way of balancing the books.

Tom Taylor, the new chief executive of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, has made the decision to deal with a deficit of more than £10m.

He has told divisional managers they must make a case for replacing any post each time there is a vacancy.

He said it covers all jobs including cleaners, cooks, nurses and doctors.

"At the moment we are a vacancy-free zone," he said.

"I know it sounds like bureaucracy but against a £10m deficit and worse we have to do these things."


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