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Originally Posted by Taf
Many of my Nursing friends and their mates have left the NHS to become Agency Nurses. Better pay, fewer hours, more scope to choose when you want time off.
And the trend was going to continue until Nursing Bursaries were stopped. Now many are paying their way to train, then going directly to the private sector.
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Yes its pretty much what is happening .
The agencies pay better rates with the 7 year virtual freeze on NHS wages thanks go to Jeremy hunt for that guess what we call him.
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Originally Posted by Osem
They get better pay and the agency makes loads of money on top - it's a double whammy for the NHS which winds up paying more for the same staff.  |
It does but as OLD Boy told me earlier the private sector which most agencies are saves the NHS cash.!