Staff protesting plans to create a SubCo in Dorset hold placards.

Dorset NHS staff vote to strike in outsourcing row

Health workers in Dorset have voted for strike action over plans that could see thousands of employees transferred out of the NHS.

Royal Bournemouth Hospital entrance.

Dorset hospital staff to protest over NHS outsourcing plans

Around 1,300 NHS workers across Dorset will stage protests this week in opposition to controversial plans to outsource hospital jobs to a new company.

Royal Bournemouth Hospital entrance.

Uncertainty for hundreds of Dorset NHS workers under controversial outsourcing plans

More than 1,300 NHS staff employed by hospitals in Dorset face the possibility of inferior pay and conditions under controversial plans to transfer them to a new company.