Govt-run locum agency will give taxpayers ‘bang for buck’, says State Health Minister
Ryan Park said a state agency would mean reduced spending on agency commissions.
A government-run locum agency is coming “sooner rather than later”, says the NSW Minister for Health as he grapples with a $240 million annual bill for locum staff.
Minister Ryan Park issued the pledge following a 1038-page report on the state’s health system, which suggested that a state-run agency would curb costs and help to eliminate “untenable” bidding wars between public health services to secure locums’ services.
