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09 Feb 2007
Two thirds of NHS accounting and finance functions are to be outsourced, Peter Coates, deputy director of finance at the Department of Health, has said in a press conference in India.
According to Coates, the majority of these will go India.
‘I recently gave permission to outsource 60% of the work to India. It could go higher, but the constraint is that we cannot move jobs to India at the expense of shedding jobs in the UK. Politics will be an important factor,’ he said during the press conference.
Unison, the NHS staff union, described the news as ‘extraordinary’. Karen Jennings, head of health at Unison, said such major announcements should first be discussed with staff in the UK.
According to The Times other government departments are considering following suit to exploit India’s cheap, highly skilled, English-speaking labour force in a move that has angered trade unions.
Further reading:
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Amazing!
I cannot understand what the British government is hoping to achieve by outsourcing jobs to India. There are more than enough acountants in the UK. Most of them cannot even get a decent job.
What does that tell those young boys and girls in colleges trying to break into the working world! Someone ought to start thinking about the repercussions of this to the economy.
Posted by: David, 13 Feb 2007 | 00:00
welcome to Globalisation mates!
That is market economy at work. Are we still a capitalistic society? Then there is no stopping of these cash efficient sensible measures.
Welcome to the 21st century.Tough!
Posted by: S George, 03 Mar 2008 | 00:00