Awarded 3 September 2026
Contingent Labour - Nursing Support for Blood Supply
NHS Blood and Transplant · South West
Nursing agency tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
53 contracts awarded in the 24 months to 12 October 2026
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Updated 12 October 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
Nursing agency contracts ,
53 contracts across the UK, of any size
Recently awarded
The latest nursing agency contracts awarded
Awarded 4 August 2026
Nursing Agency Provision
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · East Midlands
Awarded 7 April 2026
Nursing Agency Provision
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · East Midlands
Awarded 20 March 2026
1973 CHC COP DOLS Nurse Assessor (Band 8c) for NHS Birmingham & Solihull ICB
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board · West Midlands
Awarded 27 January 2026
Healthcare Support staff services
London Borough of Bexley · London
Who wins · 24 months to October 2026
Your World Recruitment won the most nursing agency contracts by value
Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsNHS and healthOther public bodies
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1joint | Your World Recruitment East Midlands · SME · See every contract | 4 | £5.6m | 3 | ||
| 1joint | Coyle Personnel West Midlands · See every contract | 4 | £104k | 2 | ||
| 3joint | ID Medical East Midlands · SME · See every contract | 3 | £4.6m | 2 | ||
| 3joint | Unity Healthcare Recruitment Ltd East Midlands · SME · See every contract | 3 | £4.6m | 2 | ||
| 3joint | Interact Medical East Midlands · SME · See every contract | 3 | £3m | 2 | ||
| 3joint | Sanctuary Personnel East Midlands · SME · See every contract | 3 | £1.2m | 3 | ||
| 7joint | Cromwell Medical Staffing Limited East Midlands · SME · See every contract | 2 | £3.6m | 2 | ||
| 7joint | Arcadia Nursing East Midlands · SME · See every contract | 2 | £2m | 1 | ||
| 7joint | Day Webster Limited East Midlands · SME · See every contract | 2 | £2m | 1 | ||
| 7joint | Group 24 Limited East Midlands · SME · See every contract | 2 | £2m | 1 |
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Who buys
NHS and health award 94% of nursing agency contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 24 months, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
6 buyers bought nursing agency more than once in the last 24 months
Each dot is a buyer, by how many nursing agency contracts it awarded in the last 24 months.
See who they are and when they usually buy →
Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many nursing agency contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
CouncilsNHS and healthOther public bodies
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 31 | £31m |
| 2 | Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust | 7 | £15.7m |
| 3 | Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | 3 | £3m |
| 4 | NHS Arden & GEM CSU | 3 | £114k |
| 5 | NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board | 2 | £79k |
| 6 | NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit | 2 | £25k |
| 7 | Youth Justice Agency | 1 | £814k |
| 8 | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 1 | £474k |
| 9 | NHS Blood and Transplant | 1 | £122k |
| 10 | London Borough of Bexley | 1 | £22k |
Prices
Half of nursing agency contracts are worth £999k or less
Every contract with a published value, on a log scale, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsNHS and healthOther public bodies
The 10 biggest contracts hold 38% of the money
Coloured by who bought it.
- Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS TrustUnity Healthcare Recruitment Ltd · 10 Sep 2025
- Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS TrustSANCTUM RECRUITMENT LTD · 10 Sep 2025
- Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS TrustCromwell Medical Staffing Limited · 10 Sep 2025
- Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS TrustYour World Recruitment · 26 Nov 2025
- Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS TrustGlobe Locums · 26 Nov 2025
- Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS TrustID Medical · 10 Sep 2025
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustYour World Recruitment · 26 Nov 2025
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustDay Webster Limited · 9 Dec 2025
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustNISI Staffing · 1 May 2025
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHCRG ALTRIX LIMITED · 20 Jan 2026
Where and when
The East Midlands awards the most nursing agency contracts. November and May are the busiest months.
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
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| Region | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | 44 | £49.8m |
| West Midlands | 2 | £79k |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 1 | £12k |
| London | 1 | £22k |
| South West | 1 | £122k |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | £814k |
| North East | 0 | Not published |
| North West | 0 | Not published |
| East of England | 0 | Not published |
| South East | 0 | Not published |
| Wales | 0 | Not published |
| Scotland | 0 | Not published |
Key findings
- 38%
of the money is in the 10 biggest nursing agency contracts.
Of 53 contracts with a published value. - 84%
of nursing agency contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 51 award notices. - 43%
of nursing agency contracts are awarded in November and May.
23 of 53 contracts.
Questions
How many nursing agency contracts does the UK public sector award?
53 in the 24 months to 12 October 2026, from 11 public buyers.
How much is a typical public sector nursing agency contract worth?
The median is £999k, and 21% are worth less than £250k.
Which buyers award the most nursing agency contracts?
NHS and health award 94% of them.
What is included
Registered nurses and midwives, nurse assessors, and healthcare assistants and other unregistered clinical support staff supplied by agencies to fill shifts or longer placements under the buyer's clinical direction, usually after the bank has declined them.
- Agency nurses to cover vacant shifts across sites
- Theatre and ward nursing staff
- Nursing and midwifery lots in NHS staffing frameworks
- Off-payroll and agency continuing healthcare nurse assessors and commissioning nurses
- Nurse-background continuing healthcare quality assessors supplied through non-clinical staffing routes
- Healthcare assistants, maternity support workers and other unregistered clinical support staff
- Agency RMNs and healthcare assistants rostered by the trust for one-to-one enhanced observation
What is not included
- Allied health, health science and pharmacy staff -> rec.clin.allied-health-science-pharmacy-locums
- Doctors -> rec.clin.medical-locums
- Overseas and permanent nurse recruitment -> rec.clin.international-clinical-recruitment
- Care and support workers in council-run homes -> rec.social.agency-care-support-workers
- Insourced theatre sessions run under the supplier's governance -> another industry: healthcare
- Staff bank management -> rec.msp.staff-bank-management
- Direct engagement models -> rec.msp.direct-engagement
- Interim directors of nursing -> rec.search.interim-management
- Outsourced CHC eligibility assessment services paid per assessment -> soc.advoc.care-act-assessments-and-reviews
- SIA-licensed security support for patient observation -> sec.guard.clinical-security-support