NHS Dumfries and Galloway has spent nearly £80 million on agency staff in the last five years.
And in the current financial year the total to date is nearly £14 million.
According to Labour MSP Colin Smyth the figures show the true cost “of mismanagement” of the health service by the Scottish Government.
A Freedom of Information request by The Standard to the health board asked for the total spent on agency staff for the last five full financial years and the current spend in this financial year.
In 2018 the figure was £14.4m; £15.2m in 2019; £13.9m in 2020 before jumping to £17.9m and £17.7m in 2021 and 2022 as the Covid-19 pandemic hit.
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sm_admin2025-01-16 17:31:582025-01-17 14:38:45Abolishing legislative devolution and consent – Stephen Bailey
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sm_admin2025-01-08 20:25:422025-01-08 20:25:42Who Cares About The ‘Wee Pretendy Parliament?’ – Stephen Bailey
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sm_admin2024-12-28 15:33:272024-12-28 15:33:27Pincer movement: A dual approach to defeating anti-UK separatism – Stephen Bailey
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sm_admin2024-11-14 18:34:162024-11-14 18:34:16Ensure Anti-UK Separatism Complies with Constitutional Law – Stephen Bailey
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sm_admin2024-10-25 17:48:322024-10-26 11:54:04DEFYING THE FALLACIOUS SEPARATIST NARRATIVE: THE SNP IS NOT A ‘GOVERNMENT’, ITS SPOKESPEOPLE ARE NOT ‘MINISTERS’ AND THE UK IS A SINGLE (UNITARY) COUNTRY, A NATION – Stephen Bailey
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sm_admin2024-10-09 20:56:112024-10-09 20:57:53Stop lying to Scotland SNP: The demographics of separatism: A comparison between 2014 and 2024: How matters really stand Mr Swinney – Stephen Bailey
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sm_admin2024-09-20 18:00:492024-09-20 18:54:30Federalism: a further move in the direction of breaking up the UK? – Stephen Bailey
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sm_admin2024-08-17 11:32:252024-08-23 17:30:54The UK is a mutually beneficial Union and the objective facts prove it – Stephen Bailey
