Hospitals paying locum doctors record sums of £4,000 per shift

Hospitals paying locum doctors record sums of £4,000 per shift Hospitals are paying locum doctors record sums of almost £4,000 each per shift in a bid to plug a growing staffing crisis across the health service.

A Daily Telegraph investigation reveals a sharp rise in “eye-watering” payments made via agencies, despite repeated pledges to clamp down on spending on temporary medics.

In most cases, the sums covered not just the hours worked, but time doctors spent on call – including when they were sleeping. The Daily Telegraph