Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 39595

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust: Agency Nurses

Tabled: 19 March 2025

Answered: 4 April 2025

Named Day

Question

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

Karin Smyth

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...

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