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NHS Improvement to name trusts over high agency spending
NHS Improvement has said it is considering a move to ‘name and shame’ trusts in England which are spending large amounts on agency staff.
The regulator believes that more progress is needed after the NHS had slipped behind schedule in its efforts to reduce the agency bill. Figures show that £3.6 billion was spent on agency staff in 2015, however the regulator wants the number brought down by £1 billion by the end of this financial year.
A cap on agency staff spend was introduced in October and has saved £600 million so far.
The cap directs that Trusts cannot spend more than 55 per cent above normal shift rates for any staff, apart from senior managers.
NHS Improvement has said it will start publishing ‘league tables’ of the best and worst-performing trusts on agency spending later in the year.
Jim Mackey, NHS Improvement chief executive, said: "The NHS simply doesn't have the money to keep forking out for hugely expensive agency staff. There's much more to be done."
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