Progress will likely need to continue, or cuts pushed to a later date, for the market to maintain its bullish composure.

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The survey, which included 220 human resources managers and 2035 employed adults, found that 67% of companies already use temporary workers and plan to continue employing them to the same extent or a greater one in the future to maintain flexibility.

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This is because medicine has and will continue to become more specialised, and smaller hospitals cannot attract or resource the specialist teams and infrastructure required to maintain such services.

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