NHS: Pay
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Written answers and statements, 5 November 2009
Howard Stoate (Dartford, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has directed NHS trusts to implement the provisions of the October 2005 joint statement on Agenda for Change and NHS Contractors Staff; and if he will make a statement.
Ann Keen (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health; Brentford & Isleworth, Labour)
The Department has not directed NHS trusts to implement the joint statement, which was published in October 2005. The Department continues to work to ensure employers are fully aware of the joint statement, to promote implementation of this national agreement and to help resolve issues where appropriate by issuing best practice guidance, writing to the national health service and working with employers and unions where issues arise.