Health written question – answered at on 4 April 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to seek to ensure that pay scales on the Whitley scheme will be the same or greater following the implementation of the Agenda for Change programme after April 2006.
The pay banding of staff under Agenda for Change is determined by the NHS Job Evaluation Scheme, which is designed to ensure equal pay for work of equal value. In the case of the minority of individual staff whose regular pay might otherwise be lower under the new system, their pay will be protected in accordance with the arrangements agreed by the NHS Staff Council. These arrangements are set in Section 46 of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook, a copy of which is in the Library.
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