Justin Madders MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Minister, responding to reports that a lack of Government planning means that Locum Doctors are being paid up to £363 an hour, said:
“The Government has completely failed to deliver on NHS workforce planning and now they are losing control of NHS finances as well.
“It’s not right that this amount of money is leaking out the system to agencies and temporary staff at a time when funding is so tight that operations are being cancelled and services cut back.
“The cap on agency payments has been breached a shocking 2.7 million times in just nine months. The Government needs a solution to help the NHS get the permanent staff it needs to keep patients safe.
“Jeremy Hunt should be making sure money meant for the NHS is going to patient care, not private agencies.“
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