2021 pay and TCS advisory notices
Access the pay and TCS advice notices, previously known as pay circulars, which provide information on nationally agreed changes to the NHS terms and conditions of service handbook during 2021.
2021
NHS Terms and Conditions of Service (TCS) advisory notice 02/2021
This notice advises of the publication of version 45 of the NHS terms and conditions of service handbook.
The NHS Staff Council has negotiated changes to the terms and conditions and the list of amendments, effective from 13 September 2021, are detailed below.
| Is the section new or amended? | Section / annex of the handbook | Key amendments |
|---|---|---|
| New | Section 33: Balancing work and personal life (England & Wales) |
The new section for England and Wales sees the introduction of a contractual day one right to request flexible working arrangements. Amendments also see a re-emphasis on the requirement for organisations to be more explorative in trying to reach a mutually workable outcome, and monitoring requests to ensure greater consistency of access. |
| Amended | Section 33: Balancing work and personal life |
This section now only applies to Scotland and Northern Ireland in light of a new Section 33 which applies to England and Wales only. This section has been renamed to Section 33: Balancing work and personal life (Scotland & NI). |
Pay advisory notice 02/2021
The addendum below advises of changes to version 44 of the NHS terms and conditions of service handbook.
| Section / Annex | Date of change | Detail of change |
| Annex 2: Pay bands and pay points in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland | 10 August 2021 | A new Annex 2 for the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were incorporated within the NHS TCS Handbook and include links to their current pay circulars. |
This notice advises of the publication of version 44 of the NHS terms and conditions of service handbook. These amendments are backdated to 1 April 2021.
The list of amendments are detailed below:
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Is the section new or amended? |
Section / annex of the handbook |
Key amendment |
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Amended |
Annex 2: Pay bands and pay points on the second pay spine in England |
Pay scales for the financial year 2021/22 have been updated to reflect the 3 per cent uplift. This is a consolidated increase to the pay bands and pay points from 1 April 2021. |
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Amended |
The previous interim Annex 2 which was in place pending the 2021/22 pay award has been archived under Annex 3. |
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Amended |
Uplifted the minimum and maximum rates by 3 per cent in line with the 2021/22 pay award which can be found in Table 18. |
Pay advisory notice 01/2021 & NHS Terms and Conditions of Service (TCS) advisory notice
This notice advises of the publication of version 43 of the NHS terms and conditions of service handbook. These amendments take effect from 1 April 2021.
Pay advisory notice 01/2021
The list of amendments are detailed below:
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Is the section new or amended? |
Section / annex of the handbook |
Key amendments |
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Amended |
Annex 2: Pay bands and pay points on the second pay spine in England |
Revised presentation of the pay structure now all reform to the pay bands is complete. There are no changes to the pay values. Final transitional pay points in bands 5, 6 & 7 have been removed. |
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Amended |
Annex 3: Pay points in England |
The previous presentation of the pay structure, covering the period 01 April 2018 - 31 March 2021, has been archived under Annex 3. |
NHS Terms and Conditions of Service (TCS) advisory notice 01/2021
The NHS Staff Council has negotiated changes to the terms and conditions and the list of amendments are detailed below:
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Is the section new or amended? |
Section / annex of the handbook |
Key amendments |
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Amended |
Annex 1: NHS Employers |
Updates to the list of entities considered employing organisations (England & Wales) for the purposes of the NHS terms and conditions of service handbook. |
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Amended |
Section 1: Pay Structure (England) |
Amendments to the provisions for annually earned points. All pay on promotions provisions have been relocated to this section (from Section 2, England and Section 6, England). |
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Amended |
Section 2: Maintaining round the clock services (England) |
Unsocial hours rates for 2018 and 2019 have been removed. Pay on promotion provisions have been relocated to Section 1, England. |
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Amended |
Section 6: Career progression (England) |
All pay on promotion provisions, including temporary movements in to a higher pay band, have been updated to take account of Annex 23 and relocated in to Section 1, England. |
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Amended |
Section 15: Leave and pay for new parents (England, Wales & Scotland) |
New provisions for England, Wales and Scotland which provide for the use of notional full pay where concurrent periods of maternity or adoption leave are taken. |
