A nurse who saw a gap in the healthcare market 20 years ago and founded a nursing agency is now one of the richest people in the UK.(Brief Article) Nursing Standard (6/4/2003)
...nurse who saw a gap in the healthcare market 20 years ago and founded a nursing agency is now one of the richest people in the UK. Moira Sloss, who set up the Thombury Nursing Services with husband John made an estimated 45 million [pounds sterling...

Nursing agencies accused of not making stringent security checks.(News) The Birmingham Post (England) (2/12/2002)
...nursing homes and 20 agencies in the West Midlands...It found none of the nursing homes requested proof...Questions asked by the agencies varied in detail, as...requested. The Anser agency, based in Parkfield...company - which brings ...

SHARP PRACTICE CLAIM HITS NURSING AGENCIES. Birmingham Evening Mail (England) (3/15/1999)
...investigate. "Private agencies are using the nursing...Trust is spending on agency staff - it is around...Unfortunately there is a nursing shortage across the the UK and the NHS was short...we currently have 160 nursing ...

Cash-strapped NHS spends [pounds sterling]30m a year on nursing agencies. Daily Mail (London) (12/17/2004)
...crossing over to agencies. This means...a specialist agency nurse can be...midwifery and nursing vacancies are...Royal College of Nursing in Scotland...cost of agency nursing.' s.nicolson...dailymail.co.uk ...

Government guidance setting out the minimum requirements of registered nursing agencies in England has finally been published.(Brief Article) Nursing Standard (1/15/2003)
...requirements of registered nursing agencies in England has finally been...authorities, will monitor agencies. The guidance, welcomed by the Federation of Independent Nursing Agencies, can be read at www.doh.gov.uk/ncsc.

Emphasis placed by employers on workplace healthcare creates record demand for nursing agency; SWANSEA: Acorn Recruitment boosted by new health and safety legislation.(Business) Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) (3/20/2002)
...fastest growing nursing agencies. Acorn Recruitment's Swansea-based nursing division says that employers...Claire Walkley, Acorn nursing principal, said a large...opting for a part-time agency-supplied nurse. The...England, launched a ...

Duke Street buys nursing agency for [pounds sterling]66m. Financial News (9/24/2002)
...Capital has bought Thornbury Nursing Services, a UK agency that supplies nurses to...The acquisition by the UK-based independent private...equity investments in the UK health sector. In September...Finance, which has 231 UK ...

Agency nursing in Australia: life as they see it--members of AfPP write on issues that concern or interest them.(IN THEIR OPINION) The Journal of Perioperative Practice (8/1/2009)
...are more familiar with agency staff, then there is...working as a perioperative agency nurse is the vast array...of nursing but as an agency nurse education is not...granted. KEYWORDS Agency nursing / Australia / ...

How agency nursing is costing NHS [pounds sterling]450m. Daily Mail (London) (2/13/2002)
...450million on outside nursing staff in England and...The Royal College of Nursing says that every day...recruits. Others allow agency nurses to work on specialist...been allegations that agencies are cashing in on the...spending too much on ...