I was told that 2* and above are "appointed", and if there is no job at the end of their "appointment", they are given a P45.
Was this the case for Shaun Bell, as there wouldnt have been a job for him to go to after the sudden end to his "appointment", unless of course, he was shuffled into a hastily-created post.
However, blunties can take months to staff an Establishment Variation Form - I know as a simple one to merely re-title several posts (with no +/- in numbers) took the best part of 6 months, so how come his post was created so quickly?