title: Managing reliance on temporary agency staff.
abstract: Amid spiralling agency staff costs, in November 2015 Monitor and the Trust Development Authority placed caps on the hourly rate that NHS trusts can pay agency staff, and informed all NHS and foundation trusts that they are required to procure agency staff through approved frameworks. This article suggests ways in which management can maintain these requirements while ensuring safe staffing levels and high-quality care delivery.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nicholson
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000191:economics*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: agency staff; leadership; management; safe staffing; temporary staff; workforce