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SNP government slammed for spending £423m on temporary doctors in one year
13.06.2022 - 07:19 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The SNP Government has been slammed for spending more than £423 million in one year on temporary doctors in the NHS - a rise of 30 per cent.
According to the latest NHS workforce statistics it shows that a total of £423.4 million was paid out in the 2021-22 financial year for locum doctors and dentists and agency and bank nurses.
While there was an increase in nurse spending of 36 per cent to £321m. Agency nurse spending more than doubled to £88.9m - rise of 126.2 per cent on the previous year.
Since 2014-15, the figures show, the total spend has increased from £213.5 million, a rise of 98 per cent.
The Scottish Government defended its record by saying "despite the pressures of the pandemic we have already delivered a record number of GPs working in Scotland".
While Scottish Tory health spokesman Dr Sandesh Gulhane said the statistics are a "damning indictment of the SNP's wasteful and inefficient management of our NHS".
He added: "Having been both fully employed and a locum doctor with the NHS, I know that locum doctors and nurses are an essential part of our healthcare service - but under the SNP, they have become a crutch for our chronically understaffed system.
"Hospitals are crying out for full-time doctors and nurses, yet instead of focusing on growing the robust, permanent workforce Scotland needs, the SNP has allowed dangerous staffing shortages to arise across the country while papering over the cracks with temporary staff.
"Some of this locum spending will have even gone towards permanent staff or retirees begged to take on extra shifts in order to plug the enormous gaps in the workforce.
"It is also particularly concerning to see such huge increases in spending on agency staff, as this not only comprises the
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