 |
answer text |
<p>In 2018/19, National Health Service trusts spent £2.40 billion on agency staff,
including clinical and non-clinical staff. Between March 2018 and March 2019, £938
million was spent on agency medical staff, £950 million on agency nursing staff and
£513 million on other staff.<sup>1 </sup></p><p>NHS Improvement’s agency rules include
a cap which sets a ceiling for agency fees. Full details of the NHS Improvement price
caps are attached.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data that shows the
breakdown of fees, markups and commissions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not
hold this data for social care. The Skills for Care programme estimates that in 2018/19
agency social care staff represented 7% of the 1.52 million people strong adult social
care workforce.<sup>2 </sup></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>[1]<a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/5404/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_4_1819.pdf"
target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/5404/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_4_1819.pdf</a></p><p><sup>2</sup><a
href="https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/adult-social-care-workforce-data/Workforce-intelligence/documents/State-of-the-adult-social-care-sector/State-of-Report-2019.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/adult-social-care-workforce-data/Workforce-intelligence/documents/State-of-the-adult-social-care-sector/State-of-Report-2019.pdf</a></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
|
|
