Northern Ireland’s Department of Health has announced that the country’s health and social care (HSC) trusts will have to stop using agency social workers from next June.
Former health minister Robin Swann, who first announced plans last month, said: “Over-reliance on agency use has a negative impact on our workforce, placing additional pressures on them to support agency staff who are unfamiliar with systems and wards.
“This creates another pressure on the provision of safe and quality care. I want a health service that instils a sense of pride in those that work for it and I want to encourage more health care professionals back into our workforce.”
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