Northamptonshire’s NHS spend on agency staff predicted to hit almost £50m this year

Northamptonshire’s NHS spend on agency staff predicted to hit almost £50m this year Spending on agency staff across the county’s three NHS trusts to fill vacant posts is hugely over budget, with the figure projected to hit just under £50m. 

Just five months into the financial year the county’s integrated care board (ICB) has reported the NHS trusts that run the county’s two general hospitals and the mental health and community services have spent £20.7m on agency staff and predicts that amount will have reached £49m by next March. NN Journal