An agency shift can cost £2,300 – but how much will the nurse get?

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Nursing agencies charge the NHS significantly more for shifts than the individual nurses actually receive in compensation. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Shruti Sheth Trivedi

doi:10.7748/ns.41.9.14.s8

September 2, 2026Nursing Standard

An agency shift can cost £2,300 – but how much will the nurse get?

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To examine the discrepancy between the total costs charged by staffing agencies and the actual remuneration received by agency nurses in the NHS.
Analysis of temporary nursing shift expenditure and agency billing within National Health Service facilities.
Staffing agencies can bill healthcare providers up to £2,300 per shift, charging significantly more than the worker receives in wages.
Agency personnel alleviate urgent workforce shortages, but a substantial share of total shift expenditure is captured as agency markup.

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Report reveals substantial disparities between agency fees and nurse pay in the NHS, highlighting major agency markups during staffing shortages.

Abstract

Agency staff address urgent need in the NHS, but the companies placing them can charge far more than individuals receive for a shift

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Shruti Sheth Trivedi (2026) studied this question.

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