NHS: Temporary Employment
(asked on 4th September 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost to the NHS of temporary staff has been in each of the last five years.
The total cost to the National Health Service of temporary staff in 2013-14 and 2014-15 are shown in the table below.
| 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Total NHS Providers | 2,605,378 | 3,355,723 |
Source: Department of Health Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15
We have interpreted “temporary staff” to mean the number of temporary and agency staff employed by NHS providers. NHS providers are defined as NHS trusts and foundation trusts.
2013-14 was the first time that the Department collected unaudited financial data from NHS trusts and foundation trusts in respect of net temporary and agency staffing costs.