NHS: Pay

(asked on 16th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on ensuring that pay increases for NHS staff under the Agenda for Change system are funded through additional resources set out in the forthcoming spending review.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 3rd December 2020

Agenda for Change Staff are in their third and final year of a multi-year pay and contract reform deal (2018/19-2020-21) agreed with National Health Service trade unions and employer representatives. The deal has seen the pay of those below the top of their pay band increase by at least 9% and pay for most staff at the top of their pay band increase by 6.5%.

For recommendations on pay for Agenda for Change staff for 2021/22, when the deal ends, the Government intends to look to the independent NHS Pay Review Body as the established mechanism for determining pay increases in the NHS.

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