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An NHS hospital was forced to pay £1,800 for a nurse to cover a Bank Holiday shift, a shock investigation has revealed.
Another trust paid an astonishing £2,500 to an agency for a locum doctor to work the same day.
The statistics, obtained through a Freedom of Information request, come at a time when the NHS is under increasing financial pressure.
They reveal the extent to which short-staffed hospitals are relying on locums to get through public holidays.
Many cost up to £150 an hour – as in the case of the nurse hired for £1,800.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-500-agency-supply-locum-doctor-work-day.html
Another trust paid an astonishing £2,500 to an agency for a locum doctor to work the same day.
The statistics, obtained through a Freedom of Information request, come at a time when the NHS is under increasing financial pressure.
They reveal the extent to which short-staffed hospitals are relying on locums to get through public holidays.
Many cost up to £150 an hour – as in the case of the nurse hired for £1,800.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-500-agency-supply-locum-doctor-work-day.html