Charlie StrossJan 16, 2024

NHS across UK spends a ‘staggering’ £10bn on temporary staff | The Guardian

Reminder that this money does *not* go to the temps (mostly nurses and doctors) who only get a tiny fraction of it: it's money paid to commercial employment agencies, ie. Tory donors. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/16/nhs-across-uk-spends-a-staggering-10bn-on-temporary-staff

NHS across UK spends a ‘staggering’ £10bn on temporary staff

Exclusive: Hospitals and GP surgeries forced to rely on agency personnel and paying staff for expensive extra shifts

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Show threadAndy WoottonJan 16, 2024
@cstross I know a nurse who retired and went straight back on more money the next day. The Tories want privatised nurses to be paid more, at least in the short term. They're busy making sure the NHS fails us, so nurses leaving it to make the private sector better is great for them.
Show threadmnemonicoverload

@woo
Same thing happening here in Ontario, Canada. One of the first things the Conservative provincial government here did as soon as they got elected was legislation to cap pay increases for nurses to sub inflationary rates. Stay employed with a hospital, get paid less every year. It's all part of the same underhanded privatization playbook.

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Jan 16, 2024 at 6:14pmWeb
Show threadAndy WoottonJan 17, 2024
@mnemonicoverload @cstross I didn't know the fasching of Canada had got so far. Fight back NOW. It gets harder if you give them time to dig-in.