Overview
- Tower Health announced layoffs of about 350 employees, roughly 3% of its workforce, as part of a systemwide restructuring.
- Pottstown Hospital will shutter its intensive care/critical care unit, endoscopy center and the local McGlinn Cancer Institute site, with radiation oncology expected to continue.
- The health system told the nurses’ union that 131 positions at Pottstown will be eliminated on Jan. 16, 2026, including about 60 registered nurses and roughly 80 PASNAP members.
- Leaders describe the plan as a strategic shift to reinvest savings in priorities such as AI-driven technology, provider network growth and improved patient experience.
- PASNAP condemned the cuts, warning of reduced access to care and greater burdens on patients who may have to travel for treatment; Tower’s latest annual gain relied on a hospital sale after years of cumulative losses.