SNP tell Boris they can manage NHS England for him as temporary nurse spending soars there to nearly THREE times higher per head of population than in Scotland

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I thought I’d deal with this before Lisa Summers or Helen McCardle slaver all over it:

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In NHS Scotland, agency nurses cost the country £26.2 million in 2018-19, up from £17.1 million in 2014-15 and bank nurses cost £161.9 million in 2018-19, up from £138.8 million in 2014-15 – a rise of 17%.

https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/newsroom/news/agency-nurse-spend-scotland-reaches-new-high-154466?utm_source=Adestra

Total in 2018/19 is £188.1 million

In NHS England, as at the end of 2018, NHS trusts were forecasting spending some £5.6 billion on temporary staff in 2018/19.

https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/the-nhs-workforce-in-numbers#4-what-do-the-shortages-look-like-for-staff-delivering-care-close-to-patients-homes

So, all things being equal, the NHS England figure should be around 11 times that of Scotland or £2.07 billion but in fact it’s £5.6 billion, nearly THREE times higher!

2 thoughts on “SNP tell Boris they can manage NHS England for him as temporary nurse spending soars there to nearly THREE times higher per head of population than in Scotland”

  1. If you had wanted, you could have accurately stated that it was 33 times higher in England. I’m sure MSM would have, if the positions were reversed.

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