More than £560m was spent on temporary staff up to 31 March, over a third up on the previous year.
Annual spending on NHS temporary staff in Scotland has risen to a record high of more than £560m - a rise of over a third compared with the previous year.
Agency staff used to fill the gaps rose to the equivalent of 1,741 in 2022/23, up from 1,018 in 2021/22. Ms Mckenna added that while some investment in bank and agency nursing would always be needed, it was "not the solution to the workforce crisis", while the huge increase in spending was "simply not sustainable".
The number of nursing and midwifery staff dropped by 0.9% to 64,642, with £277.7m spent on bank staff - who provide basic clinical care to patients - to cover that area. "These annual figures are the first to show additional staff brought in during the pandemic, such as for Test and Protect services and vaccinations, leaving the workforce," the spokesperson added.
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