Health trusts in Devon and Cornwall spent almost as much on agency nurses in the first half of this year than they did throughout 2014, figures show.

Hospitals and other NHS health trusts spent £23.3m from January to June and £25.3m in 2014.

The figures came from a Freedom of Information request by the Royal College of Nursing.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.