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Caroline Alton

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  • Output Editor and Senior Journalist, BBC
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Award winning Journalist @BBCNews edits News at 6 & 10 and loves data. Ex Trustee @TCMargate, BBC AR/Digital Video/Royals/USA & @BBCRD Views mine, RT not
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Agency charges hospitals almost £2,000 for specialist nurse shift

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By Caroline Alton Verified, Hugh Pym Verified
| news.india24.press
- By Caroline Alton and Hugh Pym BBC News May 8, 2024 An agency supplying last-minute freelance nurses to NHS hospitals regularly charges up to £2,000 per shift, BBC News has discovered. Glen Burley, chief executive of an NHS trust, said Thornbury Nursing Services targets areas of England where nurses are in short supply. It says it is “taking advantage” of an overburdened NHS, but Thornbury says it offers a valuable and flexible service.
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Agency charging hospitals nearly £2,000 for specialist nurse shift

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By Caroline Alton Verified, Hugh Pym Verified
| Yahoo Verified
An agency providing last-minute freelance nurses to NHS hospitals is routinely charging up to £2,000 a shift, BBC News has discovered. Glen Burley, chief executive of an NHS trust, said that Thornbury Nursing Services is targeting areas in England where nurses are in short supply. He says it is "profiteering" from an overstretched NHS, but Thornbury says it offers a valuable, flexible service. The government says new measures will end the use of expensive agencies.
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Agency charging hospitals nearly £2,000 for specialist nurse shift

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By Caroline Alton Verified, Hugh Pym Verified
| BBC Verified
An agency providing last-minute freelance nurses to NHS hospitals is routinely charging up to £2,000 a shift, BBC News has discovered. Glen Burley, chief executive of an NHS trust, said that Thornbury Nursing Services is targeting areas in England where nurses are in short supply. He says it is "profiteering" from an overstretched NHS, but Thornbury says it offers a valuable, flexible service. The government says new measures will end the use of expensive agencies.
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