12IB – Duty to ensure appropriate staffing: agency workers

The quarterly agency returns continue to identify agency usage in NHS Golden Jubilee for staff costing over 150%. Over 2025 this has been reported within Medicine (consultant ophthalmologist), Nursing (perioperative department and critical care), Allied Healthcare Professions (radiography) and Healthcare Sciences (perfusion and laboratories).

Each profession has a process in place to ensure there is good governance and approval for use of agency staff. There are robust systems and processes in place to support efficient reporting of agency staff usage within the Divisions.

We have met our statutory obligations to return these high cost agency reports quarterly to Scottish Government over 2025 within expected timeframes set out.

Health and Care (Staffing)(Scotland) Act 2019 Annual Board Report

Introduction
Local Reporting
Current position against the required duties
12IA – Duty to ensure appropriate staffing
12IB – Duty to ensure appropriate staffing: agency workers
12IC – Duty to have real-time staffing assessment in place
12ID – Duty to have risk escalation processes in place
12IE – Duty to have arrangements to address severe and recurrent risks
12IF – Seek clinical advice on staffing
12IH – Duty to ensure adequate time given to clinical leaders
12II – Duty to ensure appropriate staffing: training of staff
12IJ – Duty to follow common staffing method
12IL - Training and consultation of staff
12IM – Reporting on staffing
Planning and securing services
Appendix 1: Staffing Compliance