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

The Guardian
Show threadnarpolepticJan 16, 2024
@cstross I'm a bit surprised that Brexit isn't mentioned as a probable contributing factor in that article. I would've thought that it, combined with the existing NHS-to-elsewhere-and-better-paid pipeline would have played a part...
Show threadPaula MaddoxJan 17, 2024
@narpoleptic @cstross that’s because the guardian was (is?) pro Brexit.
Show threadnarpolepticJan 17, 2024
@PaulaMaddox @cstross They were and are very much anti-Scottish Independence, but I don't recall noticing much if any pro-Brexit writing from them. Do you mean in editorial pieces or in general?
Show threadPaula Maddox
@narpoleptic @cstross I remember reading a lot of pro Brexit propaganda in their articles back around the referendum
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