The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 No 7350 p601
21 May 2005

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AfC pay deadlines missed

Only 21 per cent of NHS organisations had hit the Agenda for Change target of transferring at least half their staff onto the appropriate AfC payband by the end of April, Andrew Foster, director of workforce at the Department of Health, said at the NHS annual human resources conference last week.

Commenting after the conference on this shortfall, he said: “I am disappointed by the latest overall position on assimilation, but this position masks some good performances by individual organisations”. He added: “I am satisfied that a solid start has been made and that the right processes have been put in place locally to ensure that good progress toward the target in September can be made.” Mr Foster said it was also encouraging to see that so far, across the NHS, 48 per cent of staff have been matched to their appropriate payband.