A spokesman for the regulator said: “Although we do not regulate agencies directly, trusts are required to procure agency staff through approved frameworks. Regulator NHS Improvement has warned staffing agencies that do not comply with new rules on nurses ’ , that they could be “ ejected from the NHS ” . In a bid to reduce the NHS agency wage bill , from 1 April , agencies were told they could not pay more than 55 % over the Agenda for Change pay rate for agency staff . However , according to the Health Service Journal , a small number of agencies are claiming that the pay cut makes it “ challenging ” to find sufficiently qualified intensive care staff .
Regulator NHS Improvement has warned staffing agencies that do not comply with new rules on nurses ’ , that they could be “ ejected from the NHS ” . In a bid to reduce the NHS agency wage bill , from 1 April , agencies were told they could not pay more than 55 % over the Agenda for Change pay rate for agency staff . However , according to the Health Service Journal , a small number of agencies are claiming that the pay cut makes it “ challenging ” to find sufficiently qualified intensive care staff .