90% of NHS Trusts exceed agency staff spending

Recent research by MSI Group, the London global healthcare recruitment firm, has found that 90% of NHS Trusts in England have exceeded spending caps for agency staff, which were first introduced in November 2015. The Freedom of Information requests that were sent to each Acute and Mental Health NHS Trust in England to obtain the research data also indicated that 79% of NHS Trusts currently recruit staff beyond officially approved NHS staffing frameworks. Over 700k shifts are currently being filled under a clause that allows the NHS Trusts to breach patient safety guidelines where there is no other alternative. MSI Group suggests that strategic workforce planning that includes the necessary agency personnel will be a vital part of coping with the anticipated NHS staffing crisis in future.

 

Fri, 1 Apr 2016

Nine out of ten NHS Trusts have exceeded spend caps for agency staff, according to research from healthcare recruiter MSI Group.

The research was obtained by sending Freedom of Information requests to every Acute and Mental Health NHS Trust in England. It revealed that 90% have been forced to exceed agency pay caps,...