NHS spending huge amounts on agency staff, investigation shows
3 November 2014
The NHS has spent £5.5bn on agency staff to plug staffing gaps since 2010, a Mirror investigation has found.
Mon, 3 Nov 2014
The NHS has spent £5.5bn on agency staff to plug staffing gaps since 2010, a Mirror investigation has found.
The publication reported this weekend [1 November] that NHS foundation trusts spent £4.3bn of taxpayer money on contract and agency staff since David Cameron became prime minister in 2010.
It also found standard NHS trusts spent £1.2bn last year alone.
In one case, a hospital had to pay £1.8k for an agency nurse to work an 11-hour shift at its A&E [accident and emergency] unit on a Bank Holiday, according to the Mirror report.
In July, an investigation by Sky News came up with similar figures, including a £2.5k fee for a locum doctor to work this year’s May Day Bank Holiday.
The NHS has spent £5.5bn on agency staff to plug staffing gaps since 2010, a Mirror investigation has found.
The publication reported this weekend [1 November] that NHS foundation trusts spent £4.3bn of taxpayer money on contract and agency staff since David Cameron became prime minister in 2010.
It also found standard NHS trusts spent £1.2bn last year alone.
In one case, a hospital had to pay £1.8k for an agency nurse to work an 11-hour shift at its A&E [accident and emergency] unit on a Bank Holiday, according to the Mirror report.
In July, an investigation by Sky News came up with similar figures, including a £2.5k fee for a locum doctor to work this year’s May Day Bank Holiday.
