To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to NHS hospitals was of using (a) agency staff and (b) bank staff in (i) 2020-21 and (ii) 2021-2022.
This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.
Answered on
21 June 2022
This answer is a correction from the original answer.
The following table shows the expenditure on bank and agency staff in 2020/21. The information requested for 2021/22 is currently being collated and centrally verified.
2020/21 | |
Agency staff | £2,436,415,000 |
Bank staff | £4,663,858,942 |
Original answer
The following table shows the expenditure on bank and agency staff in 2020/21. The information requested for 2021/22 is currently being collated and centrally verified.
2020/21 | |
Agency staff | £2,436,415.000 |
Bank staff | £4,663,858,942 |