In response to comments from shadow health secretary, Jeremy Hunt , Jeremy Hunt has told MPs that measures taken to control unsustainable spending on agency staff are beginning to take effect with overall spend on agency staff now falling. or I can tell him it will be patients who are facing the consequences long after he has gone." He expects the Alexander to save at least £1bn 2015 , down from the £ around a billion pounds spent in 2015 . Alexander said spending on agency staff has gone through the roof under Jeremy Hunt ’s watch and that addressing the symptoms rather than the cause of the problem has left hospitals struggling to hire staff at the permitted rates.
In response to comments from shadow health secretary, Jeremy Hunt , Jeremy Hunt has told MPs that measures taken to control unsustainable spending on agency staff are beginning to take effect with overall spend on agency staff now falling. He expects the Alexander to save at least £1bn 2015 , down from the £ around a billion pounds spent in 2015 . Alexander said spending on agency staff has gone through the roof under Jeremy Hunt ’s watch and that addressing the symptoms rather than the cause of the problem has left hospitals struggling to hire staff at the permitted rates.