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<p>The amount spent on agency nurses by year for each of the last five years is set
out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Agency
(nursing) spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£843 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£879
million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£838 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£1.1
billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£1.37 billion</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The Long Term Workforce Plan sets out a path to reduce the National Health
Service’s reliance on agency. We estimate that the reliance on temporary staffing
in FTE terms will reduce from 9% in 2021/22 to around 5% from 2032/33 onwards, with
mostly bank staff fulfilling the requirement for temporary staffing.</p>
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