Use of locum doctors in NHS trusts in England: analysis of routinely collected workforce data 2019-2021.

Christos GrigoroglouKieran WalsheEvangelos KontopantelisJane FergusonGemma StringerDarren AshcroftThomas Allen

Published in: BMJ open (2023)

There were large variations in the demand for and use of locum doctors in NHS trusts. Trusts with poor CQC ratings and smaller trusts appear to use locum doctors more intensively compared with other trust types. Unfilled shifts were at a 3-year high at the end of 2021 suggesting increased demand which may result from growing workforce shortages in NHS trusts.

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