Rotherham Hospital has been revealed as spending £ 12 per cent m, almost five times the budgeted amount, on agency staff for 2015/16 . Eighty-eight are still with the trust. The Trust also missed the national NHS target of only 71% of Trust patients seen within four hours , with Rotherham attaining only 71% . Trust said the “ongoing medical workforce numbers” were the main reasons for the overspend and underperformance, with long-term absences of consultants creating a need for more locums, and difficulty attracting and keeping registered nursing staff cited, despite the Trust employing 100 and retaining 100 nurses from Spain , Romania and Croatia . In her year-end report, chief executive Louise Barnett said: “Financial and clinical sustainability of the trust remain paramount.”
Rotherham Hospital has been revealed as spending £ 12 per cent m, almost five times the budgeted amount, on agency staff for 2015/16 . The Trust also missed the national NHS target of only 71% of Trust patients seen within four hours , with Rotherham attaining only 71% . Trust said the “ongoing medical workforce numbers” were the main reasons for the overspend and underperformance, with long-term absences of consultants creating a need for more locums, and difficulty attracting and keeping registered nursing staff cited, despite the Trust employing 100 and retaining 100 nurses from Spain , Romania and Croatia . In her year-end report, chief executive Louise Barnett said: “Financial and clinical sustainability of the trust remain paramount.”