Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust: Agency Nurses
Commons · Question 39595 · Tabled 19 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the average cost to the public purse of one band 5 nursing hour supplied by (a) On-framework staffing agencies and (b) Off-framework staffing agencies at the Shrewsbu
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 4 Apr 2025
The Department does not hold the data requested.The Government is committed to reducing off-framework agency use, the cost of which is at a premium, above the agreed framework rates. Additionally, staff hired through off-framework agencies are not subject...