AQW 43571/11-15


Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim


Tabled Date: 11/03/2015
Answered On Date: 20/02/2015
Priority Written: Yes


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the amount spent on agency nurses in each of the last five years.


Answer:
The table below details the expenditure on Nursing Agency staff for the period 2009/10 -2013/14.
Agency Staff – Nursing £s
Year
Belfast HSC Trust
Northern HSC Trust
South Eastern HSC Trust
Southern HSC Trust
Western HSC Trust
Total
09/10
*6,066,000
*540,199
*3,303,414
1,185,710
*1,268,818
12,305,407
10/11
*2,818,000
612,964
*3,398,887
452,734
*1,525,742
8,808,327
11/12
*3,114,000
836,225
2,031,664
263,240
*2,070,303
8,315,432
12/13
*3,742,000
1,078,594
2,768,074
672,111
*1,591,350
9,852,129
13/14
5,326,064
1,153,486
2,187,685
232,546
*2,224,631
11,124,413
Source: Trust Finance Returns except those marked *, which have been recently sourced from the HSC Trusts.