Written question asked by Sharon Hodgson (Labour) on Monday, 19 February 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 22 February 2024 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Thursday, 22 February 2024. A substantive answer was provided by Andrew Stephenson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 2 April 2024 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Agency Nurses: Expenditure
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England spent on agency nurses in each of the last five years.
- Answer
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The amount spent on agency nurses by year for each of the last five years is set out in the table below.
Financial Year
Agency (nursing) spend
2018-19
£843 million
2019-20
£879 million
2020-21
£838 million
2021-22
£1.1 billion
2022-23
£1.37 billion
The Long Term Workforce Plan sets out a path to reduce the National Health Service’s reliance on agency. We estimate that the reliance on temporary staffing in FTE terms will reduce from 9% in 2021/22 to around 5% from 2032/33 onwards, with mostly bank staff fulfilling the requirement for temporary staffing.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 14504
- Session
- 2023-24
- Subjects
- Agency nurses Expenditure
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2024-04-02 14:03:09 +0100
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