SICKENER: NATIONAL WEALTH SERVICE; Fury as bill for agency nurses rockets to pounds 28m.. but they work 7000 fewer days.(News) Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) (6/13/2004)
...Chisholm has pledged to cut down agency workers but now he tells us...added that he didn't blame nurses for working for agencies as they can earn up to four times what a full-time nurse takes home. And he called...improve pay and conditions for nurses to fill the 2000 vacancies...ministers ...

Agency nurses are costing NHS millions; HEALTH: Better pay urged to top up staffing levels.(News) Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) (11/19/2001)
...that more than 100 nurses have joined its...NHS for a regular nurse and up to pounds...manages the medical agency, says it provides...grinding to a halt. "Agencies are only taking...says that using agency staff is becoming...public purse. "Agencies themselves have...one registered ...

Minister to cut 'unacceptable' bill for agency nurses.(News) Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) (11/11/2006)
...2004, the cost of agency nurses rose a shocking 167% from...via agencies. 'The cost of agency staff in Wales has been steadily...Alongside this, the use of agency staff varied across Wales and agencies charged variable premiums...the All-Wales Temporary Agency Nurse ...

Agency nurses earning twice rate of NHS staff; HEALTH: Welsh targets threatened by employees' exodus.(News) Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) (8/21/2002)
...MADELEINE BRINDLEY NURSES are turning their backs...number of recruitment agencies mushrooms in Wales. A quarter of the nursing agencies supplying hospitals...pounds every year on agency nurses to cover thousands...health, said, ``Nurses feel undervalued within...becoming more ...

Limit on agency nurses premature.(NSW)(Brief Article) Australian Nursing Journal (3/1/2005)
...paying them more expensive agency rates. The move has since...reducing profiteering by nursing agencies, the NSWNA was not consulted...problems around the state and nurses and patients are being affected...getting feedback from many nurse managers in rural areas that...these hospitals depend on ...

Agency nurses deal to save NHS millions. The Evening Standard (London, England) (7/5/2001)
...unscrupulous nursing agencies which charge over the...that hospitals rely on agency nurses to fill the gaps...year. In the past, agencies have been in a powerful...better conditions." Agencies will be monitored to ensure they are offering nurses regular appraisal and...stream as ...

Agency nurses plug vital gaps but are a heavy cost burden on NHS, says report.(News) Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) (9/5/2001)
...while spending on private agency staff grew by a third to pounds...Wales in Cardiff were bank and agency staff. The report, Brief...increased spending on temporary nurses last year with an average...pounds 2.5m on bank and agency staff, with some spending...with contracts with private ...

[pounds sterling]2.6 MILLION SPENT ON AGENCY NURSES. Eastbourne Herald (Eastbourne, England) (4/4/2005)
...sterling]2.6 million was spent on agency nurses at the DGH in the last financial...sterling]2.69m figure spent on agency nurses. But it will still leave...sterling]2.696m figure shows the agency spend for the financial year 2003...

Agency nurses should take more responsibility. (Perspectives: letters).(Letter to the Editor) Nursing Standard (6/11/2003)
I have worked as an agency nurse and also full-time as a grade D...letters April 16) suggesting that agency nurses should be paid a better rate for...an accepted part of their role. Agency nurses often come to the wards...