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NHS: Pay

Asked by Abtisam MohamedLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 3 February 2025UIN 26865

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including Band 2 NHS workers in pay progression policies.

Answered by Karin Smyth

As part of the 2023 Agenda for Change pay deal between the Government, employers, and trade unions, there was a mutual agreement to uplift the value of the bottom pay point of band two to the same value as the top pay point, and this position was ratified by the NHS Staff Council.

Any further changes to the pay structure will be for the NHS Staff Council to ratify or agree to, as part of any future negotiations.

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