A nurse who saw a gap in the healthcare market 20 years ago and founded a nursing agency is now one of the richest people in the UK.(Brief Article) Nursing Standard (6/4/2003)
...nurse who saw a gap in the healthcare market 20 years ago and founded a nursing agency is now one of the richest people in the UK. Moira Sloss, who set up the Thombury Nursing Services with husband John made an estimated 45 million [pounds sterling...

Nursing agencies accused of not making stringent security checks.(News) The Birmingham Post (England) (2/12/2002)
...nursing homes and 20 agencies in the West Midlands...It found none of the nursing homes requested proof...Questions asked by the agencies varied in detail, as...requested. The Anser agency, based in Parkfield...company - which brings nursing staff to Britain from...nurses' watchdog, ...

SHARP PRACTICE CLAIM HITS NURSING AGENCIES. Birmingham Evening Mail (England) (3/15/1999)
...investigate. "Private agencies are using the nursing...Trust is spending on agency staff - it is around...Unfortunately there is a nursing shortage across the the UK and the NHS was short...we currently have 160 nursing vacancies out of a staff...policy, but have to use ...

Government guidance setting out the minimum requirements of registered nursing agencies in England has finally been published.(Brief Article) Nursing Standard (1/15/2003)
...requirements of registered nursing agencies in England has finally been...authorities, will monitor agencies. The guidance, welcomed by the Federation of Independent Nursing Agencies, can be read at www.doh.gov.uk/ncsc.

Rent-a-nurse company with a healthy growth record; The Jane Lewis Nursing Agency puts its expansion down to being more than just a supplier of trained nurses. Joint managing director Nick Hodson talked to David Jones.(Business) Daily Post (Liverpool, England) (2/20/2002)
...called on to provide nursing care in hospitals and...organisation." The number of nursing staff of all disciplines...nurses to work in the UK. He dismissed government...shortage of qualified nursing staff will continue...And while the term "agency" may conjure up unwelcome...seen a lot of ...

Duke Street buys nursing agency for [pounds sterling]66m. Financial News (9/24/2002)
...Capital has bought Thornbury Nursing Services, a UK agency that supplies nurses to...The acquisition by the UK-based independent private...equity investments in the UK health sector. In September...Finance, which has 231 UK nursing homes, from Omega Worldwide...

Emphasis placed by employers on workplace healthcare creates record demand for nursing agency; SWANSEA: Acorn Recruitment boosted by new health and safety legislation.(Business) Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) (3/20/2002)
...fastest growing nursing agencies. Acorn Recruitment's Swansea-based nursing division says that employers...Claire Walkley, Acorn nursing principal, said a large...opting for a part-time agency-supplied nurse. The...England, launched a nursing division when it acquired...training ...

Agency nursing in Australia: life as they see it--members of AfPP write on issues that concern or interest them.(IN THEIR OPINION) Journal of Perioperative Practice (8/1/2009)
...are more familiar with agency staff, then there is...working as a perioperative agency nurse is the vast array...of nursing but as an agency nurse education is not...granted. KEYWORDS Agency nursing / Australia / Overseas...at www.afpp.org.uk. Access is also available...

Genuine desire to help others vital in nursing; in association with publicjobswales.co.uk.(News) Daily Post (Liverpool, England) (4/10/2008)
...such as a matron or director of nursing. More information National Leadership and Innovation Agency for Healthcare www.nliah.wales.nhs.uk/ NHS Careers www.nhscareers.nhs.uk Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) www...