Consignia care privatised
Postal group Consignia is to switch occupational health services for its 220,000 workers to a private firm as part of outsourcing plans to save pounds 60m a year.
A five-year pounds 70m contract is expected to be signed within weeks with SchlumbergerSema, part of a global services group with headquarters in New York and contracts covering 200,000 public sector employees in Britain.
About 240 medical and administrative staff will transfer from Consignia on existing terms.
