article_snippet.sent: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust also emerged there were 47 agency nurses working at Telford Hospital NHS Trust in December last year.
article_snippet.sent: Agency nurses are far more expensive than Agency nurses regular counterparts and we have to minimise the number used. '
article_snippet.sent: She added: 'We have said consistently that We want to recruit more nurses to reduce We reliance on agency and temporary staff and this has been widely publicised with a number of recruitment events taking place recently to attract new staff. '
article_snippet.sent: We have recruited, or made offers to, more than 150 staff nurses and health care assistants in recent months as part of We efforts to recruit more nursing staff to support We wards and departments.
article_snippet.sent: She said in recent months the hospitals have recruited more than 150 nurses and healthcare assistants . '
article_snippet.sent: These new recruits have included a number who have been offered positions through a successful nursing recruitment event at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital just last week, which we will repeat again on Thursday. '
article_snippet.sent: we’ll continue we efforts to ensure that over the coming months we will see fewer agency nurses on we wards as we new starters get settled in, which will mean better continuity of care and more support for ward teams.'