MGB, the largest health system in Massachusetts, is implementing clinical layoffs and other cuts to address a $300 million budget shortfall in fiscal 2026. They already fired a bunch of non-clinical staff in 2025.
Brigham and women’s, which is part of the MGB health system, hired replacement nurses when the nurses went on a one-day strike in July. But this past month, the nurses overwhelmingly rejected what the hospital said was its final contract offer.