Comensura has been awarded a three-year contract to supply agency workers across Cardiff Council, with an option to extend for a further 12 months. 

Mike Trevor, chief executive of Comensura, says:  “Comensura will help the council to streamline its sourcing and management of agency workers across the board and significantly reduce ongoing costs. 

“The management information will also help the council establish why and where it is using agency workers and assist in identifying issues with workforce planning.”

Dawn Thomas, operational manager for Cardiff Council, says: “Historically, the council has managed agency worker procurement on a service area by service area basis with managers being responsible for engaging any agency workers required. 

“The arrangement was both costly and inefficient and lacked transparency and consistency when it came to the rates of pay negotiated.  Comensura will manage Cardiff’s complete roster of supplier agencies which will enable the council to negotiate much more competitive rates.”