PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS Trusts: Temporary Employment (5 November 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department gives to NHS trusts on hiring temporary doctors and nurses.
Asked by:
Imran Hussain (Labour)
Asked by:
Imran Hussain (Labour)
Answer
The Department has not issued specific guidance to National Health Service trusts on hiring temporary doctors and nurses. It has, however, commissioned NHS Employers to offer advice, guidance and good practice. The NHS Employers’ guides on sourcing temporary staffing can be found at
http://www.nhsemployers.org/search-results?q=sourcing+temporary+staffing+exterrnally
The Department also encourages NHS trusts requiring temporary staff to use the Crown Commercial Services’ Framework agreements wherever possible. Agencies on these Framework agreements are required to support trusts improve their commissioning of temporary staffing.
Answered by:
Ben Gummer (Conservative)
11 November 2015
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