NHS could free up £480m by limiting use of temporary staffing agencies The NHS could free up £480m to reinvest into NHS services and improve patient care if trusts filled temporary vacancies with workers from a ‘staff bank’ instead of using expensive staffing agencies.
Temporary staff, such as doctors and nurses supplied by agencies, cost on average 20% more than those from the NHS’s own ‘staff banks’ despite doing the exact same job.
Bank staff tend to come from internal pools of workers who are already employees of the NHS trust and have agreed to work flexible shifts.
As bank staff generally work within the trust, their use increases the likelihood of a patient being treated by the same healthcare professional throughout their care. NHS Improvement
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Temporary staff, such as doctors and nurses supplied by agencies, cost on average 20% more than those from the NHS’s own ‘staff banks’ despite doing the exact same job.
Bank staff tend to come from internal pools of workers who are already employees of the NHS trust and have agreed to work flexible shifts.
As bank staff generally work within the trust, their use increases the likelihood of a patient being treated by the same healthcare professional throughout their care. NHS Improvement
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