Bank staff are employees of NHSScotland, are deployed by individual NHS employers to cover temporary nursing gaps and as such have access to training and career opportunities.A project manager has been appointed to 2007, to take forward the 18 recommendations set out in the Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning report, which will impact on bank and agency usage.A national contract for the provision of agency nurses, through the Best Procurement Initiative, (BPI) is in place.