identify an increased level of annual leave being granted during July and August, which has an adverse impact on our temporary staffing usage. Sickness across nursing (registered and unregistered) has remained consistent between months and will not have resulted in an increased requirement for temporary staffing. Recruitment to the medical workforce remains a challenge across all areas; however we continue to work hard to attract high calibre candidates. In the last two months we have successfully recruited to the Emergency Department, Radiology department and surgery. Gastroenterology and community paediatrics remain a challenge and we are working on a number of initiatives in an attempt to fill these gaps. Figure 31:
identify an increased level of annual leave being granted during July and August, which has an adverse impact on our temporary staffing usage. Sickness across nursing (registered and unregistered) has remained consistent between months and will not have resulted in an increased requirement for temporary staffing. Recruitment to the medical workforce remains a challenge across all areas; however we continue to work hard to attract high calibre candidates. In the last two months we have successfully recruited to the Emergency Department, Radiology department and surgery. Gastroenterology and community paediatrics remain a challenge and we are working on a number of initiatives in an attempt to fill these gaps. Figure 31: