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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: Agency Workers

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 4 June 2026UIN 3703

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust spent on agency staff in each of the last three financial years.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The figures for the last three financial years for which figures are available are as follows:

  • £47.9 million in 2022/23;

  • £34.7 million in 2023/24; and

  • £16.9 million in 2024/25.

The figures for the last financial year, 2025/2026, have not been finalised therefore the trust is unable to share them.

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