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In the latest attack on healthcare staffing firms supporting the NHS, an investigation by The Ferret claims that Scotland’s health boards collectively spent £985 million on agency workers between 2021 and 2023.
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0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here with more detail. the revelations come at a time of increasing scrutiny of agency costs, with health leaders saying workforce shortages leave them no choice than to spend more money on freelance staff. we looked at financial records of agency businesses providing workers to taxpayer funded nhs organisations in the uk including three of the biggest. medacs healthcare which describes itself as the largest supplier of locum doctors to the nhs reported an 80% increase in turnover to almost £161 million between 2019 and 2021. id medical group which says it s the largest uk provider of healthcare professionals to the nhs had a turnover of £145 million in 2022,15% up on 2019. and independent clinical services which trades as thornbury nursing group and scottish nursing guild