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£400m bill for social care overtime and agency staff
Scottish Sunday Express
|September 14, 2025
SCOTTISH councils have spent more than £400million in the past five years on social care overtime and agency staff, figures show.
Statistics released to the Scottish Conservatives under freedom of information legislation show a £400.1m spend between 2020 and 2025, with £200.4m in agency spend and £199.7m on overtime. During that time, the total annual spend on both across the country rose from £60.2m to £85.7m.
SNP-run Glasgow City Council spent the most on agency staff and overtime for social care at £99.7m.
Scottish Tory health spokesman Dr Sandesh Gulhane said: “The SNP are presiding over a social care crisis in Scotland. These shocking, whopping figures expose an exhausted workforce, with chronic staff shortages forcing carers into endless overtime.
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