Cutting the use of agency staff won’t solve the NHS’s workforce woes

By Shazia Ejaz2026-07-06T04:19:00

The promised new NHS workforce plan offers the opportunity to abandon the ideological focus on cutting agency use as a wonder cure for all staffing costs

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