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Written question asked by Esther McVey (Conservative) on Thursday, 14 April 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 April 2022. It was answered by Edward Argar (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 April 2022 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


NHS: Agency Nurses

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on temporary NHS bank and agency nurses in each of the last three years.

Answer

The information requested is shown in the following table.

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

Nursing bank expenditure

£1,127,729,000

£1,254,899,000

£1,538,238,000

Nursing agency expenditure

£843,282,000

£878,521,000

£837,823,000


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
153939
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Agency nurses Expenditure NHS
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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