Thousands of workers behind the government’s coronavirus track and trace monitoring units have reportedly been told their contracts will be cut short and may conclude in one month.
Up to 7000 workers at the Scottish government’s Test and Protect service have been told their future would be clarified from “April onwards” with the potential option of moving to other areas of the NHS.
Contracts were originally due to last until September.
According to the Sunday Mail, a letter, sent to staff last week, said: “You will appreciate that the current arrangements were always likely to be in place for a set period of time and reviewed nationally.
“Unfortunately, it has now become necessary to make changes to how we operate sooner than had previously been planned.”
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It added: “We realise this may have come as a shock.”
A spokesman for the Scottish government said: “We are incredibly grateful to everyone who has worked in Test and Protect over the last two years.
“We have set outo the transition plan for Test and Protect and we are working cloclosely with health boards, to providep support to help people into new roles.”