'Staff retention is nearly impossible... if we can't retain staff, how do you look after patients?'
Stormont's Department of Health will introduce a new system for hiring agency nurses by February"Staff retention is nearly impossible... if we can't retain staff, how do you look after patients?"
"We've all worked with an agency nurse that's less experienced but on more money," Ms Smyth told BBC News NI. "We train them, we mould them - then they leave and go to agencies. If we had a better rate of pay these agencies wouldn't have the grip they do on the health trusts," she said. In October, the Department of Health revealed spending on off-contract agencies had almost quadrupled from pre-pandemic levels - rising from £27m in 2018/19 to £101m in the last financial year.At the time, Mr Swann announced
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