NHS forking out £2,500 a shift to agency nurses to stop staffing crisis
NHS forking out £2,500 a shift to agency nurses to stop staffing crisis
The NHS is coughing up £2,500 a shift for some agency nurses and doctors (Picture: Getty)
The NHS is paying up to £2,500 a shift for agency nurses in a bid to help stop a severe staffing crisis.
Health chiefs paid out £3 billion on supply medics last year, which is a 20 per cent increase, freedom of information acts show.
This means taxpayers picked up the huge bill while the agencies took a cut…
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