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2025 pay and TCS advisory notices

Pay and terms and conditions advisory notices during 2025 for staff employed under the NHS terms and conditions of service.

22 May 2025

Pay advisory notice 02/2025

This is the official notification of the pay arrangements applicable from 1 April 2025 for Agenda for Change staff in England. This notice advises of the publication of version 59 of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook on 22 May 2025. 

The list of amendments are detailed below:

Is the section new or amended?Section / annex of the NHS TCS HandbookKey amendments
AmendedAnnex 2: Pay bands and pay points on the second pay spine in England
  • Pay scales for the financial year 2025/26 have been updated to reflect the pay award, effective from 1 April 2025.
AmendedAnnex 3: Pay bands and pay points on the second pay spine
  • Pay scales have uploaded to reflect previous pay scales for financial year 2024/25.
AmendedAnnex 9: High cost area supplements (HCAS)
  • The minimum and maximum rates have been uplifted and the updates rates can be found in Table 1. This change is effective from 1 April 2025.

 Pay advisory notice 01/2025

This notice advises of the publication of version 58 of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook on 1 April 2025. The list of amendments are detailed below:

Is the section new or amended?Section / annex of the NHS TCS HandbookKey amendments
AmendedAnnex 2: Pay bands and pay points on the second pay spine in England
  • Pay scales for the financial year 2024/25 have been updated to reflect the uplift in the National Living Wage (NLW) for bands 1 to 3, effective from 1 April 2025.
AmendedAnnex 3: Pay bands and pay points on the second pay spine
  • Pay scales have uploaded to reflect previous pay scales for financial year 2024/25.

 NHS Terms and Conditions of Service advisory notice 01/2025

This notice advises of the publication of version 58 of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook on 1 April 2025. The list of amendments are detailed below:

Is the section new or amended?Section / annex of the NHS TCS HandbookKey amendments
NewSection 15: Leave and Pay for new parents
  • Section 15.118 has been added to reflect the Neonatal Care (leave and pay) Act 2023 provisions coming into force on 6 April 2025. This will apply to England, Scotland and Wales
AmendedSection 40: National bodies and procedures
  • Section 40 has been updated to reflect that the Prison Officers Association (POA) are now a nationally recognised organisation for the purposes of the NHS Staff Council.
NewAnnex 21:  Arrangements for pay and banding of trainees (Scotland)
  • Following agreement from the Scottish Terms and Conditions Committee, Annex 21 has been revised and updated. A new section has been added to detail the provisions for pay and banding of trainees for Scotland only.