Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on pay for specialist community public health nurses.

Specialist community public health nurses in England are typically paid on the National Health Service’s Agenda for Change (AfC) pay system.

Annual AfC pay awards are decided following recommendations from the independent NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB). We accepted the 2025/26 recommendations in full, and the Government has asked the NHSPRB to begin the 2026/27 pay round. Relevant stakeholders are invited to submit evidence to the NHSPRB to inform its deliberations.

Officials and ministers continue to engage with AfC unions on pay and contractual matters via the NHS Staff Council.