Resources

Student placements: diversifying opportunities and providing a quality experience

A guide for employers to grow and diversify placement capacity while delivering high-quality student learning experiences.

27 August 2025

NHS terms and conditions of service resource hub

Resources and guidance to assist employers in understanding and applying the NHS TCS Handbook and NHS Job Evaluation Handbook.

16 January 2026

NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook

This document sets out the full terms and conditions of service (TCS) for staff on Agenda for Change contracts.

5 January 2026

Pay scales for 2026/27

NHS terms and conditions annual, hourly and HCAS pay scales (also known as pay bands or pay rates or payscales) for 2026/27, effective from 1 April.

12 February 2026

Supporting disabled staff in the workplace

Find out about the different types of disability and what the NHS is doing to support its disabled workforce.

11 February 2026

FAQs for doctors' and dentists' contracts

This page brings together all the FAQs and guidance we have for questions related to medical staff contract issues.

11 February 2026

Sickness Absence Toolkit

Guidance for NHS managers to have supportive conversations around sickness absence.

10 February 2026

Record of amendments to the 2016 terms and conditions of service

This document details the amendments made to the terms and conditions of service for NHS doctors and dentists in training (England) 2016.

4 February 2026

Doctors and dentists in training terms and conditions (England) 2016

Version 13 (February 2026) TCS for NHS doctors and dentists in training. Including exception reporting reforms.

4 February 2026

Model contracts for the 2016 doctor and dentists in training contract

Model contracts for staff employed under the terms and conditions of service for NHS doctors and dentists in training (England) 2016.

4 February 2026

Ethical recruiters list

A list of recruitment organisations, agencies, and collaborations that operate in accordance with the revised Code of Practice.

2 February 2026

National job profiles

Find out how NHS jobs are matched to the current national job profiles and how to access them.

29 January 2026

Exception reporting reform and live rostering solutions

How the exception reporting reforms should be implemented where live rostering solutions operate.

27 January 2026

Our Future Our Way: Creating the conditions to thrive and improve wellbeing

Learn how Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust made sustained improvements to staff experience by co-designing their wellbeing programme.

27 January 2026

OD Advanced development programme

Learn more about OD Advanced, a free development programme for NHS OD professionals seeking to deepen their OD knowledge.

27 January 2026

Management of TOIL related to exception reporting

This guidance supports employers to manage and process TOIL requests made as a compensation outcome for an exception report.

26 January 2026