2024/25 NHS terms and conditions of service pay materials
An updated version of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service (TCS) Handbook has now been published following the recent pay award announcement by government for all Agenda for Change staff on NHS terms and conditions.
The government has accepted the recommendations of the NHS Pay Review Body (NHS PRB), as outlined in its 37th report, and agreed a 5.5 per cent consolidated uplift, backdated to 1 April 2024.
Additional detail from the NHS PRB report includes:
- Agenda for Change band 8 pay - a recommendation has been made from the NHS PRB, to add an intermediate pay point at each of bands 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d and 9 to which staff should progress after two years at the respective band. The Secretary of State has asked that this recommendation goes to the NHS Staff Council for ratification before it is implemented. We will provide a further update once the NHS Staff Council has ratified the recommendation. Update 20 August - the NHS Staff Council has now ratified the recommendation to add an intermediate pay point.
- Agenda for Change pay structure - the NHS PRB recommendation that the UK government provides the NHS Staff Council with a mandate to resolve outstanding concerns within the Agenda for Change pay structure has also been accepted.
Resources:
In response to this announcement, the following resources are now available on the NHS Employers' website:
- Annex 2 of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service (TCS) Handbook - Updated 20 August 2024 to include the intermediate pay scales for bands 8 to 9.
- Annex 9 of the NHS TCS Handbook.
- Latest annual and hourly pay scales, plus rates inclusive of HCAS payments - Updated 20 August 2024 to include the intermediate pay scales for bands 8 to 9.
- An updated pay poster for 2024/25 - Updated 20 August 2024 to include the intermediate pay scales for bands 8 to 9.
Electronic Staff Record (ESR) colleagues have received the detail of the pay award and have confirmed the increase to salaries and retrospective pay (backdated to 1 April 2024) will be paid in October salaries, in line with ESR lead times.
For further information, please refer to Pay Advisory Notice 01/2024. You can also view archived versions of the NHS TCS Handbook.
