Pay rates

Current Agenda for Change pay rates can be found here.

Agenda for Change pay rates

The Agenda for Change terms and conditions of service handbook (version 2, August 2007) contains the Agenda for Change pay rates that are effective from:

• 1 April 2007 and 1 November 2007
• 1 April 2006
• 1 April 2005
• 1 October 2004

Staff assimilated to Agenda for Change should be paid in accordance with these published pay scales.

Mandatory professional registration fees

As part of the 2007 pay settlement agreed for NHS staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions of service, it has been agreed that an allowance of £38 will be made to support the payment of clinical registration fees for those clinical staff in England where registration with one of the regulatory bodies is mandatory in order to practice. Payment will be made to appropriate staff in bands 5-8(A) inclusive. Payment will be made from 1 November 2007 and each year until November 2010 by when it will have been reviewed.

NHS Employers has received advice from the HM Revenue and Customs about the implications on income tax and PAYE for employers:

"Where the payment is made by an employer directly to the employee as a contribution towards the expense incurred by the employee in respect of having his or her name included on a professional register the treatment for income tax is straightforward. The employer must make the payment subject to deduction of PAYE tax in the same manner as a payment of salary; i.e. the payment should be put through the payroll. There is no requirement for a separate disclosure of the award either in the employer's end of year return or by the employee."

Employees should direct any personal enquiries on this matter to their employer.

Additional funds for staff development

As part of the 2007 pay deal, an extra 14 million has been made available for the development of those staff on Agenda for Change contracts in England, who do not benefit from assistance with clinical professional fees.

An application process has been designed based on a funding ceiling for each organisation, which approximates to around £25 per head. Initiatives funded through this route should be in addition to existing training and development commitments.

Employers will need to submit an invoice for the amount being claimed at the same time as submitting the application.

To access the funds, NHS organisations are required to complete an application form, which is available from the Department of Health website, along with further information and guidance.