title: Hospital staffing. Vacant possession.
abstract: A review of nursing at an acute London trust with a deficit of 5 m Pounds has halved the vacancy rate and saved 500,000 Pounds a year on agency staff. The review took the director of nursing 170 hours. It has cut nurse turnover by over one-third. Once made aware of the costs of employing agency staff, nurses were encouraged to join the hospital bank. The trust has moved from from a one-star rating to three stars.
authors.affiliation: St Mary's Hospital Trust, London.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osborne
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce