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<p>In 2018/19, trusts spent around £2.40 billion on agency staff – £200 million more
than the £2.2 billion target, and about the same as the previous year. Since April
2017, agency costs have consistently been below 5% of overall pay costs and have now
fallen to 4.4%. The continued reduction in the proportion of agency staff costs to
total pay bill is a significant achievement in view of the record levels of demand
and the extreme pressure on the acute sector.</p><p>The information requested is shown
in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total
agency spend</p></td><td><p>£3,189,590,000</p></td><td><p>£3,631,790,000</p></td><td><p>£2,934,819,560</p></td><td><p>£2,406,798,108</p></td><td><p>£2,399,645,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff
group</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical
agency spend</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£1,049,273,727</p></td><td><p>£949,883,470</p></td><td><p>£937,864,774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nursing
agency spend</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£966,198,378</p></td><td><p>£808,661,687</p></td><td><p>£843,282,221</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
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</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We do not hold staff group data for 2014/15
and 2015/16.</p>
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