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Hunt finally puts cosh on rip-off agency staffing

by Our News Desk

HEALTH Secretary Jeremy Hunt belatedly put rip-off NHS agency staffing in his sights yesterday.

Agencies set the NHS back £3.3 billion last year, more than the combined cost of all 22 million A&E admissions.

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