All Agency staff articles – Page 9
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Supplements
The use of temporary clinical staff in the NHS – HSJ workforce investigation main report
The HSJ/HCL Workforce Investigation studied the underlying causes of the NHS’s escalating clinical temporary staff bill Chief executives, human resources directors, medical and nurse directors and finance directors were surveyed, with more than 70 responses. Recommendations include enhanced pay for shortage specialties and offering more flexible working Download a ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Agency spending: the real picture
An HSJ analysis of agency spending reveals what trusts have spent on staff
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News
Monitor reveals hourly rate caps for agency staff
Monitor and TDA reveal hourly rates for all agency staff Regulators agree to exclude bank staff from new caps on pay Trusts express fears over safety in consultation response Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority have published details this afternoon of the hourly rates that NHS trusts ...
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News
Analysis: Growth in off-framework agency spending revealed
The sum spent by hospital trusts hiring off-framework agency staff grew by 41 per cent over the last financial year, HSJ analysis reveals.
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News
Two trusts slip back to old nurse staffing levels after leaving special measures
Two acute trusts that were taken out of special measures after recruiting scores of nurses have slid back to their old staffing levels, HSJ analysis shows.
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News
Agency staff pricing caps bring 'significant risks', say regulators
Regulators have said the new price caps for agency staff will bring ‘significant risks’ for patient safety and performance, especially for trusts with reputational problems.
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News
DH reveals pay cap for agency staff
The hourly rate the NHS can pay agency staff will be capped at 55 per cent above the pay levels of permanent staff, under plans announced by the Department of Health.
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News
Uncertainty over agency nurse procurement in South West
Trusts in the South West face uncertainty over their procurement of agency nurses as their plans have still not been approved by regulators.
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Comment
Readers’ letters – 29 September 2015
Junior doctors should focus on offering intelligent alternative
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News
Introduce new A&E targets, royal college president says
Accident and emergency departments should be judged by two new targets alongside the four hour target, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has said.
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Leader
There's little chance left for the agency cap to cut hospital deficits
Winter pressures will be biting before they are ready
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News
Trusts will be allowed to breach agency spending cap
NHS trusts will be allowed to breach a proposed cap on agency spending if they need to ensure wards are safely staffed, Monitor has said.
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HSJ Local
Trust launches review after agency spend doubles
WORKFORCE: A West Midlands acute trust has launched a review of its agency spending, after figures revealed it spent double the amount on agency nurses in June than it did in the same month in 2014.
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News
Exclusive: Bailouts top £870m as trusts struggle to pay bills
The Department of Health issued £874m in bailouts to trusts in 2014-15, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Stevens interview: Dealing with agency staff is NHS’s ‘biggest operational risk’
NHS trusts will ‘undoubtedly’ struggle to employ the doctors and nurses they need as the service clamps down on the cost of temporary staff from next month, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has told HSJ.
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News
Hunt to intervene on agency spending
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will today unveil plans to cap agency and management consultancy spending by NHS trusts.
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Comment
High temp costs: A competition issue or held back NHS wages?
Competition issue or NHS wages being held down?