CONTRACTS & DEALS: 2-5 JANUARY 2018

This week’s contracts and deals include: Locum People

• Medical recruitment agency Locum People has secured an NHS Framework award to supply locum doctors and nurses to hospitals in Northern Ireland.
 
The award of the HSC Business Services Organisation Framework for Northern Ireland covers 35 major hospitals and all five Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland – Belfast, Northern, Southern, South-Eastern and Western.
 
The framework win follows the agency’s appointment to the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Agency’s Framework for nurses.

REC CEO hits back at government cuts to agency spend

Government calls to eliminate agency spend at the NHS have received a fiery response from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.

Legislation 3 June 2025

Government health leaders threaten ‘rip-off temporary staffing agencies’

NHS trusts and integrated care boards (ICBs) are being urged by government health leaders to eradicate agency spending to build on a £1bn fall in spending in 2024-25.

Legislation 3 June 2025

£1.5bn defence spending will create highly-skilled jobs in the UK

The UK government is to create more than 1,000 new jobs as a result of a £1.5bn defence investment.

Legislation 2 June 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 27-30 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: ECMS, Madison Berkeley, The Education Network

People 27 May 2025
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