Computer takes over 160 jobs.Byline: BY SAM LISTER Daily Post Staff MORE than 160 jobs are being axed at a Liverpool health authority centre because a new computer system will be able to do the work instead. The Temple Square office of the Prescription Pricing Authority (PPA PPA 1. Palpation, Percussion & Ausculation 2. Pittsburgh pneumonia agent 3. Postpartum amenorrhea 4. Price per accession 5. Pure pulmonary atresia ) will close next year once the pounds 30m system has been installed. Currently staff assess how much pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
Unison, which represents more than 80 workers at the site, have vowed to fight the job losses. Peter Chapman, regional officer said: "While staff were aware of the development of the new system and have in the past seen the introduction of new technology and were therefore expecting some job losses, the scale of these redundancies and the timescale have come as a great shock. "A lot of Unison members have worked at the PPA for a considerable length of time and could well have difficulty finding alternative employment. "Add to this, the closure of the site and the implications this will have for the local economy and this becomes a very serious blow to the region. "We will be consulting all Unison members in the PPA, and we intend to challenge the company and to mitigate the worst excesses of their plans. "Unison and its representatives are fully committed (Law) committed to prison for trial, in distinction from being detained for examination. See also: Fully to supporting every single one of our members in the PPA, and it is our hope that any job losses will be of a voluntary nature. "However, given the numbers involved this will be very difficult, and we cannot rule out industrial action at some stage in the near future. "While this has been established to cut costs, it would appear the agenda consists purely of job cuts and redundancies." Across the country 600 jobs will be lost, reducing the workforce by two thirds and the number of sites reduced from nine to three, saving pounds 20m. All four North West sites will be shut down and staff will have to apply for jobs at a new centre near Bolton. The PPA will begin the closure programme from March next year with the Liverpool office shutting in September. Michael King Michael King, OBE (December 15, 1945 – March 30, 2004) was a widely respected New Zealand popular historian, author and biographer. Life Educated at Sacred Heart College in Auckland and St Patrick's College at Silverstream (Wellington), he went on to study history , director of planning and corporate affairs at the PPA, said: "We are introducing a new computer programme that will enable us to be more efficient. "The downside Downside The dollar amount by which the market or a stock has the potential to fall. Notes: You might hear someone say that the downside on stock XYZ is $10. What that means is that the stock could fall by this amount if things got bad. of that is that it reduces the number of people we need to employ. "Staff will be able to apply for jobs at the new centre being created near Bolton. We are aware of the impact on staff and we are working closely with them to minimise that |
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