Health chiefs in Ayrshire are to slash the cost of agency nurses.
Derek Lindsay, Ayrshire and Arran NHS board director of finance, revealed the news in a paper for the performance governance committee on Tuesday.
He said: "The view is the board will stop using non-framework agencies where possible due to the significantly high costs of using them and will try and assure that agency costs were at a lower rate in 2023-24. This is in line with health boards across Scotland.
