50 frontline health jobs are axed in Renfrewshire as more cuts are expected

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At least 50 frontline jobs are being cut from Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) as the full extent of the crisis in community care is revealed.Figures obtained by the Express show the local body responsible for delivering care at home will cut 48 roles from an already over stretched workforce over the next two years.It will see 29 full-time equivalent posts axed across health and social care, meaning a reduction in nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and podiatrists in the community.

A further 19 full-time equivalent jobs will be axed from the care at home service.The cull, which is mostly of vacant positions, is part of £3.45million of efficiency savings approved by health chiefs earlier this year.Renfrewshire Live, the new free app dedicated to bringing you around the clock breaking news, is now available to download.Powered by the Paisley Daily Express, Renfrewshire Live is your go-to source for news, features and sport with live coverage provided direct to the app, seven days a week.The dedicated team of experienced journalists, responsible for the publication of the award-winning Express, will focus on breaking news, day and night, across Renfrewshire’s towns and villages.There is also a dedicated St Mirren section that will follow every kick of the ball with the Buddies. Available on both Android and Apple.

D ownload here: smarturl.it/RenfrewLiveSocial But the HSCP still has an £8m hole in its finances and cannot promise more frontline roles will not be cut as part of another review into its budget, to be concluded this autumn.The Express revealed on Friday how talk of an £8m black hole at the Renfrewshire Integration Joint Board had rang “alarm bells” for local councillors.