NHS Forth Valley has been criticised for “eye-watering” levels of spending on bank and agency staff.
New figures have revealed that the total bill for outside staff in the health board during 2022/23 was £26.9million - comprised of £24.6million on nursing and midwifery agency and bank spend and another £2.3million on locum staff.
It represents a 32 per cent rise in the total spend from 2021/22 when that figure sat at £19.7million, with the figure have doubled since 2019/20.
