Locums
(asked on 22nd November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) doctors, (2) registered nurses, and (3) medical scientists, were employed as locums in each year since 2015; and what was the cost for each of those three groups in each of those years.
While data on agency staff by headcount is collected, this information has not been centrally validated.
The following table shows expenditure on agency staff in the healthcare science, medical and dental and nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff groups in each year from 2017/18 to 2020/21. This data was not collected prior to 2017 and information for 2021/22 has not been centrally validated.
Financial year | Healthcare science | Medical and dental | Nursing, midwifery and health visiting |
2017/18 | £40,101,511 | £949,883,470 | £808,661,687 |
2018/19 | £35,670,387 | £937,864,774 | £843,282,221 |
2019/20 | £31,906,249 | £918,617,743 | £878,521,144 |
2020/21 | £34,733,978 | £918,879,984 | £837,822,620 |
Note: Information based on provider financial return.