Record £14m annual bill for temporary hospital workers

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SHOCKER: Record £14m annual bill for temporary hospital workers - with locum doctors earning around £1,500 for one shift

EAST Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is set to pay out its biggest ever annual bill for temporary workers, dwarfing the £14 million spent two years ago.

The huge bill of £24 million for agency staff at the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals for this financial year was necessary to ensure patient safety, bosses have said

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