Maybe if the NHS paid their staff better and trust bank rates were better then nurses wouldn’t have turn to agency work.
>Our calculations indicate that for a single Friday shift the trust is charged almost £1,000, of which £539 goes to the nurse, and £400 goes to the agency.
>Thornbury also pays nurses their travel expenses, and charges the hospital separately for those costs too.
>Mr Burley says Thornbury is active in areas with nurse shortages and is offering such attractive rates that some staff are being tempted away from the NHS.
MGD109 on
Isn’t it amazing what gutting the funding to the NHS has accomplished? Somehow your still spending more money but getting less in return.
Roncon1981 on
Agencys are making bank out of this. despratly needed NHS staff are resorting to agency because they may get paid better that working directly for the NHS. This is a sorry state of affairs that this government has nurtured for the last 14 odd years. GET THEM THE FUCK OUT
Ok_Satisfaction_6680 on
What a surprise, there’s a government manufactured problem with something important and a way of profiting obscenely from it provided you’re mates with those in the government.
I’m ashamed to be British, because the conmen keep doing it and we just let them like the country of bitches we are.
SpoofAnon on
It is worth noting that agency shifts are very scarce currently and prices have dropped considerably as a result. There’s been a huge recruitment drive of internationally educated staff which has reduced the need for agency – which is a story in itself.
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Maybe if the NHS paid their staff better and trust bank rates were better then nurses wouldn’t have turn to agency work.
>Our calculations indicate that for a single Friday shift the trust is charged almost £1,000, of which £539 goes to the nurse, and £400 goes to the agency.
>Thornbury also pays nurses their travel expenses, and charges the hospital separately for those costs too.
>Mr Burley says Thornbury is active in areas with nurse shortages and is offering such attractive rates that some staff are being tempted away from the NHS.
Isn’t it amazing what gutting the funding to the NHS has accomplished? Somehow your still spending more money but getting less in return.
Agencys are making bank out of this. despratly needed NHS staff are resorting to agency because they may get paid better that working directly for the NHS. This is a sorry state of affairs that this government has nurtured for the last 14 odd years. GET THEM THE FUCK OUT
What a surprise, there’s a government manufactured problem with something important and a way of profiting obscenely from it provided you’re mates with those in the government.
I’m ashamed to be British, because the conmen keep doing it and we just let them like the country of bitches we are.
It is worth noting that agency shifts are very scarce currently and prices have dropped considerably as a result. There’s been a huge recruitment drive of internationally educated staff which has reduced the need for agency – which is a story in itself.