Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing greater transparency requirements into the employment evaluation of staff of the central NHS.
We have interpreted the hon. Member’s this question to refer to pay and employment criteria in the Hospital and Community Health Services sector of the National Health Service, for non-medical staff employed on the national collectively agreed Agenda for Change contract.
The Job Evaluation Scheme (JES) which underpins pay in the Agenda for Change contract is a system that has been developed through collaboration between NHS leaders, NHS trade unions, and independent job evaluation experts. The JES is a structured method of comparing job demands and seeks to ensure staff receive equal pay for work of equal value.
We are not aware of any intention to assess greater transparency in this process. The job evaluation handbook is published by NHS Employers at the following link: