A Nottinghamshire hospitals trust spent almost £4 million on agency staff in three months to cope with staff sickness and shortages, overspending by nearly £1m. The board of Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust, which runs King’s Mill Hospital, Mansfield Community Hospital and Newark Hospital, discussed the issue as part of a meeting this week (August 1). Between April and June this year £3.9m went on agency staff, surpassing an original goal of £3.1m, and amounting to 4.7 per cent of its overall pay bill. The amount the trust has spent on agency staff exceeds NHS England’s current target, which re…
