Umbrella company contractors working within the NHS will be pleased to learn that the new restriction set to come into place regarding agency staff, will be put on pause for the time being.
In a letter sent to NHS trust leaders, NHS Improvement (NHSI) has announced it is pausing until further notice its plans to ban trusts from using agency staff who also hold substantive roles in the NHS.
The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) held two meetings with NHS Improvement over the past month to discuss the proposed ban, including one with over 40 representatives from REC member agencies who work in the sector and wrote to the NHSI Agency Intelligence team calling for them to delay the introduction of this new ban.
REC chief executive Kevin Green commented on these latest findings, “We are delighted NHSI have seen sense and stepped back from this hastily proposed ban which risked throwing the NHS into chaos.
“It’s the right thing to pause and think again having listened to the feedback from us, our members and other stakeholders like the RCN, and to the voices of all the nurses and doctors who work so hard in the NHS, no matter what their employment status.
“We are committed to working with NHSI to help develop flexible staffing models for the NHS that ensure safety and sustainability for patients and workforce alike.”
Daniele Cantello is an Contract Manager for Contractor Umbrella Ltd, one of the UK’s Most Respected Umbrella Companies. Learn more about Daniele on Google.
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