Questions on the trust’s ceiling for agency nurse spend, as per the rules introduced from October 1, 2015:

1) How many applications has your trust made to increase its ceiling for agency nurse spend?
2) How many of these applications were successful?
Questions on the agency pay caps – specifically regarding nurses – as per the rules introduced on November 23, 2015:
3) On how many shifts has your trust overridden the rules for hourly rate agency caps – specifically for nurses – since the rules were introduced?
4) Across how many weeks have these breaches (in question 3 above) occurred? .
5) How many band five nurses has your trust overridden the rules for?
6) How many band six nurses has your trust overridden the rules for?
7) How many band seven nurses has your trust overridden the rules for?
8) How many band eight nurses has your trust overridden the rules for?

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