Article: Fears as bosses dump agency nurses; Patients 'will suffer.(News)

Article: Trust saves pounds1m by losing agency staff ; More ...
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph;  February 7, 2008 ;     586 words ... ... million for agency nurses. But the following ... charged for for agency nurses. Trust spokeswoman ... The cost of agency staff has gone, as ... amounts on costly agency nurses, rather than ... recklessly on costly agency staff." Figures released ...

Article: Health chiefs under fire over GBP 10m bill for agency ...
Evening News - Scotland;  July 19, 2005 ;     697 words ... ... said: "The use of agency nurses simply highlights ... apparent high use of agency staff in Lothian is something ... less dependent on agency staff, what is Lothian ... its resources on agency nurses?" Agency staff are significantly ...

Article: NHS slashes spending on agency nurses after outcry
Evening News - Scotland;  June 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... they spend on agency nurses following an ... and unions. Agency staff are significantly ... 11 million on agency nurses in 2003/04 ... amount spent on agency nurses. "NHS Boards ... have to rely on agency staff. "They need ...

Article: NHS spends a record [pounds sterling]1.6bn on temporary staff; ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... The total spent on agency staff in trusts nationwide ... rising expenditure on agency staff.' Some critics have voiced concerns that agency nurses are working on specialist ... ballooning costs of agency staff in the NHS and care ...

Article: Minister to cut 'unacceptable' bill for agency ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... spent pounds 19.8m on agency nurses, which Health Minister ... vacancies with temporary agency staff. Between 1999 and 2004, the cost of agency nurses rose a shocking 167 ... large sums of money on agency staff costs. He said ...

Article: Why hospitals have to rely on agency nurses; ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  March 19, 2004 ;     683 words ... ... only solution? Take on the 367,000 agency staff currently working in the NHS. Numbers of agency nurses employed in English hospitals have ... million was due to overspending on agency nurses. But without these saving graces patients ...

Article: Calls for cuts in agency nurses
Evening Times;  July 21, 2003 ;     415 words ... ... to cut back on agency nurses. The move by ... concerns over agency staff costing the NHS ... scant resources on agency staff they could be ... routine use of agency nurses by making sure ... pounds) 3.5m on agency nurses from a staff budget ... spokeswoman said: ...