The number of job cuts planned by the trust, which runs a number of hospitals in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, was unclear, the BBC said, and the trust had not responded to BBC enquiries. However, the broadcaster’s own analysis suggested that around 124 roles could be cut in NHS infrastructure support staff, corporate and non-patient facing clinical staff.

There was no estimate provided of how much expenditure on bank and agency staff is targeted for reduction.

NWAFT runs Peterborough City Hospital, Hinchingbrooke Hospital near Huntingdon, and Stamford and Rutland Hospital as well as community services at Doddington, near March, the Princess of Wales Hospital in Ely – and North Cambridgeshire Hospital in Wisbech.

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