2024 pay and TCS advisory notices
NHS terms and conditions of service advisory notice 02/2024
This notice advises of the publication of version 54 of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook. The list of amendments are detailed below:
| Is the section new or amended? | Section / annex of the NHS TCS Handbook | Key amendments |
| Amended | Section 33: Balancing work and personal life (England, Wales & NI) | Paragraph 33.23 amended to reference the statutory Carers Leave Act 2023, in force on 6 April 2024. Paragraph 33.28 amended to include provision for employees’ day 1 statutory right to unpaid leave, per the statutory Carers Leave Act 2023. Paragraphs 33.5, 33.13 and 33.16 amended to reflect the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 (in force on 6 April 2024), including the requirement for employers to consult employees before refusing flexible working requests. |
| Amended | Section 27: Working time regulations | Paragraphs 27.20, 27.21 and 27.23 amended to reflect existing Working Time Regulations (1988), specifically the regulations’ inclusion of regular overtime in the calculation of ‘normal hours’ for night workers. |
NHS terms and conditions of service advisory notice 01/2024
This notice advises of the publication of version 53 of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook. The list of amendments are detailed below:
| Is the section new or amended? | Section / annex of the NHS TCS Handbook | Key amendments |
| New | Section 1: Pay Structure (Northern Ireland) | The addition of a new section on pay structure, specific to the Northern Ireland devolved administration. |
| Amended | Section 1: Pay Structure (Scotland) |
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| New | Section 2: Maintaining round the clock services (Northern Ireland) |
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| Amended | Section 2: Maintaining round the clock services (Scotland)
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| New | Section 6: Career and pay progression (Northern Ireland) | The addition of a new section on career and pay progression, specific to the Northern Ireland devolved administration. |
| Amended | Section 6: Career and pay progression (Scotland)
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| Amended | Section 15: Leave and pay for new parents | Section 15: Maternity leave (Northern Ireland) removed; Section 15: Leave and pay for new parents covers England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
| Amended | Section 15: Leave and pay for new parents | Paragraph 15.112 amended to reflect legislation changes to statutory paternity leave and pay regulations, with effect from 8 March 2024 in England, Scotland and Wales. |
| Amended | Section 23: Child bereavement leave | Section 23 Child Bereavement leave (England, Wales and Scotland) superseded with this Section 23: Child bereavement leave, which covers England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
| Amended | Section 40: National Bodies and procedures | ‘Deputy First Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety’ removed, and replaced with ‘Deputy First Minister for Health’, for accuracy. |
| Amended | Annex 1: NHS Employers | Annex 1 employers in England updated: Clinical commissioning groups and The NHS Commissioning Board removed; Monitor (NHS Improvement), NHS Trust Development Agency (NHS Improvement), and The Health and Social Care Information Centre refreshed and restructured for accuracy. |
