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High Numbers of Agency Staff at Scarborough Hospital

Staffing shortages continue at Scarborough Hospital with agency staff filling a number of roles on an ongoing basis.

Scarborough Hospital continues to have a high dependency on Agency staff.

The Chief Exec of the York and Scarborough NHS trust - Simon Morritt - says they are actively trying to recruit more permanent staff to reduce the hospitals agency costs.

Simon says the steady flow of new nurses from CU Scarborough is helping.

The York and Scarborough NHS trust says it is continuing to try to recruit more permanent staff.

Simon Morritt says the existing staffing gaps are being filled by both agency staff and an internal system of overtime arrangements

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