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NHS workers win redundancy pay-offs thanks to Unison pressure

MORE than 50 NHS workers made redundant without compensation have received payouts following a Unison campaign.

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust closed its site in Whalley, east Lancashire, with affected workers being promised an offer of alternative employment at its Aspen site in Liverpool or another trust in Lancashire on March 31.

Many were unable to make the 80-mile round trip to Liverpool each day and the posts in Lancashire failed to materialise.

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