This library stores previous NHS Agenda for Change pay guidance.
Pay and terms and conditions advisory notices during 2024 for staff employed under the NHS terms and conditions of service.
20 August 2024
NHS terms and conditions annual, hourly and HCAS pay scales (also known as pay bands or pay rates or payscales) for 2024/25.
Details of the government's revised pay offer for staff on Agenda for Change contracts for 2022/23 and 2023/24.
16 March 2023
Supporting material following the government’s announcements on the 2024/25 pay award for staff under the Agenda for Change NHS terms and conditions.
1 August 2024
Pay scales poster for Agenda for Change staff on NHS Terms and Conditions of Service contracts for the 2023/24 pay year.
26 May 2023
NHS terms and conditions annual, hourly and HCAS pay values scales for 2023/24
2 May 2023
This poster can be used to communicate the pay offer in principle that the government has made to Agenda for Change trade unions.
29 March 2023
Poster detailing the interim pay scales from 1 April 2023 pending the 2023/24 pay award.
22 March 2023
This page outlines timeframes for trade unions' consultations on the government's pay offer.
3 April 2023
These new posters detail the value of the Agenda for Change pay deal for eligible staff.
19 May 2023
Pay and terms and conditions advisory notices during 2023 for staff employed under the NHS terms and conditions of service.
2 October 2023
NHS terms and conditions annual, hourly and HCAS pay values scales for 2022/23
4 August 2022
Pay scales poster for the 2022/23 pay year
Guidance to follow for staff that may want to receive their 2022/23 lump sum payments in multiple instalments.
5 May 2023
Pay scales for the 2021/22 pay year
29 July 2021
NHS Terms and Conditions annual pay scales for 2021/22.
NHS Terms and Conditions hourly pay scales for 2021/22.
NHS Terms and Conditions pay scales, including High Cost Area Supplements, for 2021/22.
Detail on the 2021/22 pay award and the interaction with sick pay provisions in Section 14.4 where staff have moved above the £18,160 threshold.
1 September 2021
Pay and terms and conditions notices during the year 2021 for staff under the NHS terms and conditions of service.
View the pay scales for the 2020/21 pay year, for staff employed under the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service (Agenda for Change).
20 March 2021
Annual pay scales 2020/21 for staff under the NHS terms and conditions of service.
1 April 2020
Hourly pay 2020/21 for staff under the NHS terms and conditions of service.
Pay scales including High Cost Area Supplements (HCAS) for the year 2020/21
The NHS Staff Council has jointly agreed this document to provide you with key information on year three of the deal.
26 March 2020
Download this infographic from the NHS Staff Council to help explain pay protection for staff transitioning from band 1 to band 2.
19 November 2020
See how the three-year deal changes impacted each pay band.
8 June 2020
Pay scales for the 2019/20 pay year
8 April 2019
This page includes previous Agenda for Change pay circulars issued between 2005 and 2017.
15 October 2019
The NHS Staff Council has jointly agreed this document, to provide staff and employers with key information on year two of the deal.
24 April 2019
Use our flow chart to understand the pay step submission process under the new pay progression system which will be implemented on 1 April 2019
17 January 2019
An example was developed to show the pay progression journey for new and existing staff during the transitional arrangements until March 2021.
This document allows people to see what their spine point was at 31 March 2018, by looking at what their pay was at that point in time.
22 March 2019
The NHS Staff Council has produced some technical pay guidance to assist those who may have to explain year two of the pay deal.
12 April 2019
Download our guidance designed to help staff understand and prepare for implementation of the pay progression system.
These scenarios have been developed to guide you through the different circumstances relating to pay progression.
Employer guidance to support preparations for the pay progression framework from 1 April 2019.
Guidance to help managers prepare for the implementation of the new pay progression system.
Access the pay scales poster containing the annual pay values for 2018/19, the first year of the 2018 three-year deal.
13 July 2018
This document forms the agreement for transferring of existing band 1 staff to band 2, and for supporting those staff who chose to remain in band 1.
19 December 2018
This guidance explores how to read your pay journey through the 2018 three-year deal.
Read answers to frequently asked questions relating to the 2018 three-year pay deal.
17 March 2020
Framework agreement on the reform of the NHS pay structure for Agenda for Change staff.
1 April 2018
Pay and terms and conditions notices for the three years of the 2018 pay deal (2018, 2019, 2020).
8 April 2020
As part of the 2018 pay deal, band 1 closed to new entrants with effect from 1 December 2018.
Understand the key points of the 2018 pay deal framework agreement.
8 June 2018
The NHS Staff Council highlights the key elements of the 2018 NHS three-year pay deal.
20 July 2018
Download our comparison guidance to help you understand the differences between band 1 and band 2 to help you transition your staff.
5 November 2018
Questions and answers relating to ambulance staff.
