Additional funding for Agenda for Change
An extra £30m will be given to NHS organisations to help fund the implementation of Agenda
for Change, it was announced last week.
The funding is to be used by NHS organisations to release staff to spend
time negotiating or implementing Agenda for Change. For example, it could
be used to employ locums to cover staff who sit on job evaluation boards
or who are involved in negotiating local implementation deals.
Making the announcement, health minister John Hutton said: “The
costs incurred by NHS organisations in releasing key trade union representatives
to participate in the implementation of the new pay system will be the
first priority for the extra resource.”
The money will be given to Strategic Health Authorities to distribute.
This week, a number of documents about Agenda for Change were published
by the Department of Health. These include a booklet explaining the new
pay system to staff, an NHS
Knowledge and Skills Framework, and a new
edition of the NHS
Job Evaluation Handbook. |
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