The cost of topping up the NHS in Scotland with extra nurses and midwives has increased by almost £17 million in a year.
It brings the overall cost of using supplementary staff to £118.2 million in 2013-14, the NHS figures show.
Compared with the previous year the extra spending includes £14 million on "bank" staff, who provided an additional 10.1% cover, and £2.9 million on agency staff, who provided an extra 35.3% cover.
Labour MSP Dr Richard Simpson asked if the health service has the right staff in the right places.
"Given the increase in waiting times for patients to receive treatment, it would suggest that we don't have the staff we need in the places where they need to be," he said.
"Flexibility in health staffing is good but such dramatic increases in the use of temporary staff would indicate that we simply don't have the number of full-time nurses and midwives that we need.
"That surely needs to be considered by the Scottish Government."
The updated NHS Scotland workforce figures also show a 1.8% increase in total staff, mainly in nursing and midwifery, admin and medical services.
Nursing and midwifery is the largest group in the health service, accounting for 42.9% of all staff - excluding GPs and dentists.
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