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2025 pay and TCS advisory notices

Pay and terms and conditions advisory notices during 2025 for staff employed under the NHS terms and conditions of service.

1 April 2025

This notice advises of the publication of version 58 of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook on 1 April 2025. The list of amendments are detailed below:

Is the section new or amended?	Section / annex of the NHS TCS Handbook	Key amendments
Amended	Annex 2: Pay bands and pay points on the second pay spine in England	Pay scales for the financial year 2024/25 have been updated to reflect the uplift in the National Living Wage (NLW) for bands 1 to 3, effective from 1 April 2025.
Amended	Annex 3: Pay bands and pay points on the second pay spine	Pay scales have uploaded to reflect previous pay scales for financial year 2024/25.

This notice advises of the publication of version 58 of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook on 01 April 2025. The list of amendments are detailed below:

Is the section new or amended?	Section / annex of the NHS TCS Handbook	Key amendments
New	Section 15: Leave and Pay for new parents	Section 15.118 has been added to reflect the Neonatal Care (leave and pay) Act 2023 provisions coming into force on 6 April 2025. This will apply to England, Scotland and Wales
Amended	Section 40: National bodies and procedures	Section 40 has been updated to reflect that the Prison Officers Association (POA) are now a nationally recognised organisation for the purposes of the NHS Staff Council.
New	Annex 21: Arrangements for pay and banding of trainees (Scotland)	Following agreement from the Scottish Terms and Conditions Committee, Annex 21 has been revised and updated. A new section has been added to detail the provisions for pay and banding of trainees for Scotland only.

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