The template document submitted to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel for the review of Healthy Futures clearly says that one of its aims is "reduction in posts and jobs" at Pennine Acute Trust - is Mr Pickering telling the truth?

   once again patient safety being put a risk down to penny pinching schemes 'reducing our beds through this programme will not affect patient services because we are bcoming much more efficient at using our resources' i doubt the hundreds of patients who are still waiting for patient services would agree with that - also the hundreds of patients contracting needless healthcare infections because the money that should be used for infection prevention and control is being eaten up elsewhere 'the pennine acute trust has a robust financial recovery plan in place' yeah right what that really means is they are using loans from other sources to fudge their deficit - pennine had a turnover of 473.7m surplus/deficit -9.170m % of turnover -1.9% - not only beds lost but 325 nursing posts and yet they coined in £1,533,496 on car parking fees