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NHS and other healthcare customers

3,100,652

hours of patient care delivered last month

£688 million

external agency spend displaced in 2023/24

140+

NHS and other healthcare customers

3,100,652

hours of patient care delivered last month

£688 million

external agency spend displaced in 2023/24

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NHS Professionals: "The ultimate specialist in healthcare recruitment"

NHS Professionals win "Highly Commended" accolade at Talint TIARA Recruitment Awards 2025.

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Read our latest Annual Review

Discover how our innovative workforce solutions continued to support the NHS in 2023/24, putting even more people in places to care.

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2024-2025 halfway point

Read through our latest article where we look back at what we have heard at events so far in 2024 and what themes are emerging around the healthcare workforce debate.

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View our latest case study

Learn about our collaboration with South Tees to enable the spouses of international nurses to have their own pathway into an NHS career.

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Read our latest Annual Review

Discover how our innovative workforce solutions continued to support the NHS in 2023/24, putting even more people in places to care.

Read more

2024-2025 halfway point

Read through our latest article where we look back at what we have heard at events so far in 2024 and what themes are emerging around the healthcare workforce debate.

Read more

View our latest case study

Learn about our collaboration with South Tees to enable the spouses of international nurses to have their own pathway into an NHS career.

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Bank Member of the Month

To celebrate the excellent contribution our Bank Members make to the NHS, we’re giving another award this month. Nominate a Bank Member today!

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We provide high-quality, cost-effective education and training solutions for NHS Trusts, Integrated Care Systems and other healthcare organisations.

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Explore real examples of the benefits our workforce solutions have for our NHS client Trusts, on topics such as recruitment, agency-cost reduction, training and more.

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