3,950 redundant NHS staff re-hired

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Almost 4,000 NHS staff who have been made redundant in the last four years have since been re-employed by the health service.

Labour accused the Government of "handing out cheques like confetti" after ministers admitted that, between May 2010 and last November, 3,950 staff were made redundant and have since been hired back.