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<p>The Department collects spend on agency and contract staff (which would include
locum doctors) but locum doctors are not identified separately.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>Following the Francis[1] report many trusts increased their spend on temporary
staffing, including locum doctors, to meet safe staffing levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>The Department expects trusts to have a strong grip on their finances, and
manage their contract and agency[2] staffing spend (including use of locum doctors)
responsibly through effective and efficient workforce planning and management.</p><p>
</p><br /><p>[1] http://www.midstaffspublicinquiry.com/</p><p>[2]The definition of
Contract / Agency staff is: “Agency” employee payments for the employment of staff
where the staff remain employees of the agency and “Contract staff” where the NHS
trust has control over numbers and qualifications of staff (in contrast to a service
obtained under contract) .</p><p> </p>
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