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Agenda for Change is the most radical shake up of the NHS pay system since the NHS began in 1948. It applies to over one million NHS staff across the UK.

NHS Employers is responsible for representing the views of employers in national negotiations on Agenda for Change, and provides support and assistance for trusts introducing the new systems through the Agenda for Change Implementation Team.

NHS Employers' Pay and Negotiations team offers support and advice to employers in the NHS. Individual members of staff are advised to seek advice from their employer, professional representatives or trade union.

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What's new
On this page, you can find the latest news on Agenda for Change.

Overview
Agenda for Change applies to over one million NHS staff with the exception of doctors, dentists and the most senior managers. This section includes key Agenda for Change documents and links to advice and resources on implementing the new system.

What is Agenda for Change?
The new pay system ensures fair pay and a clearer system for career progression. For the first time staff are now paid on the basis of the jobs they are doing and the skills and knowledge they apply to these jobs. This reform is underpinned by a job evaluation scheme specifically designed for the NHS.

Pay rates
Current Agenda for Change pay rates can be found here. For staff not yet assimilated to Agenda for Change, the 2004/05 Whitley pay scales are also provided.

Job Evaluation
Information and resources for the implementation and operation of the NHS Job Evaluation scheme.

National job profiles
The NHS Job Evaluation Scheme makes provision for most NHS jobs to be matched to nationally evaluated profiles on the basis of information from job descriptions, person specifications and additional information. National job profiles additionally provide a framework against which to check the consistency of local evaluations.

NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework
Information and resources for the implementation and operation of the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework and development review process under the Agenda for Change agreement.

Benefits
Information, advice and resources to help trusts develop opportunities for service improvement and deliver other benefits of implementing Agenda for Change.

Questions and answers
The Agenda for Change partners will make every effort to continue to support, encourage and promote a partnership approach to implementation of the new pay system at local level.

Trainees under Agenda for Change
This guidance on the handling of Trainee posts has been amended to reflect the publication of agreed arrangements for the remuneration of non-medical public health trainees.

Soft facilities management contract
In October 2005, NHS Employers, endorsed a joint statement with the Department of Health, trade unions and representatives of private contractors that will give soft facilities management staff (porters, cleaners etc) pay and conditions equivalent to Agenda for Change.

Workforce planning
Agenda for Change has provided organisations with powerful tools and data that have clear applications in workforce and business planning. This section provides information, tools and advice on how the distribution of staff on pay bands or KSF dimensions and levels can be used as part of these planning processes.

Equal pay and AfC: an update
Agenda for Change was designed to deliver an equal pay system to the NHS. We are confident that the job evaluation system which underpins the new system and harmonised conditions of service will provide a defence against equal pay claims in the future.

Review of unsocial hours payments
The Chairs of the sub-group of the NHS Staff Council Executive are inviting NHS organisations, management and staff sides to comment in partnership, on draft proposals for a new system of unsocial hours payments for Agenda for Change staff.

Last reviewed 15 Feb 2007

Contacts
Email AgendaForChange@nhsemployers.org|

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Publications

From pay reform to system improvement - making the most of Agenda for Change Report highlighting how Agenda for Change can be used in delivering service improvement, including examples of good practice (360 kB PDF)|

NHS terms and conditions of service handbook The terms and conditions of service set out in this Handbook apply in full to all staff directly employed by NHS organisations, except very senior managers and staff within the remit of the Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body. (957 kB PDF)|

Pay Circular (AfC) 1/2006 This pay circular informs NHS employers of the changes from 1 April 2006 in national pay for the staff covered by the Agenda for Change agreement and the changes to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service handbook. (389 kB PDF)|

Agenda for Change briefing 18 June 2006 This briefing explores how trusts are starting to deliver the benefits for patients, staff and organisations from AfC. It highlights some of the ways in which AfC can be used to enable change, and showcases examples of where this is working (51 kB PDF)|

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See also

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External links

AfC - final agreement Negotiated by NHS employer and staff representatives, on the new pay system for NHS non-medical staff.|

AfC - Review of experience in the early implementer sites This report highlights the conclusions drawn from the experience in the early implementer and pilot sites.|

The NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework and the Development Review Process Defines and describes the knowledge and skills which NHS staff need to apply in their work in order to deliver quality services.|

 
 
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