Nearly £1 Billion for NHS Frontline After Agency Spend Crackdown

Crackdown on agency staff saves £1 billion

Crackdown on agency staff saves £1 billion Meghan Shaw 3 June, 2025 Crackdown on agency staff saves £1 billion 3 June, 2025 The government has cracked down on temporary agency staff in healthcare settings, which has saved almost £1 billion.This follows spending limits announced last November by health and social care secretary Wes Streeting, when he ordered trusts to reduce their spending on agency staff by thirty per cent in the short term, …

NHS England cuts agency spending by £1bn in 2024-25

According to new figures, NHS England spent £1 billion less on agency staff in 2024–25, following a pledge made by Wes Streeting In November 2024, Secretary of State Wes Streeting announced a plan to curb the use of agency staff within NHS England, following reports that temporary staffing costs have reached £3 billion annually. Wes Streeting proposed solutions to reduce agency use by 30%, including banning NHS trusts from using agencies to hire…

UK Government announced funding for NHS hospital maintenance

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Govt threatens new law to bring use of agency staff ‘to an end’

The government will consider passing new legislation which would outlaw the employment of agency staff by NHS trusts if sufficient progress is not made in reducing their use

Nearly £1 billion for NHS frontline after agency spend crackdown

Government crack-down on rip-off temporary staffing agencies delivers unprecedented savings, as NHS trusts are urged to eradicate agency spending altogether. Reforms delivered through Plan for Change deliver mammoth NHS savings - with funding going to better patient care and staff pay.

NHS England cuts agency spend by £1bn

The NHS in England spent £1bn less on agency staff during 2024-25, according to figures obtained by the Guardian newspaper.... The post NHS England cuts agency spend by £1bn appeared first on Personnel Today.