Who will be covered by Agenda for Change?
The new pay system will apply to all directly employed NHS staff, except those covered by the Doctors’ and Dentists’ Pay Review Body and very senior managers (vSMP). Staff currently on local contracts will have a choice whether or not to move onto the new system. The system will cover all nurses in NHS trusts, including Foundation Hospitals. All nurses working in health authorities and nurses on Whitley, ‘shadow’ or ‘mirror’ Whitley contracts will move to new national contracts. Nurses in private sector hospitals, homes and clinics and GP practices are not covered by AfC, as they are not employees of the NHS. However, the current NHS pay arrangements exert a powerful influence over employers and the terms and conditions that they offer to their staff. The RCN believes this will continue to be the case. We expect to see, over time, the new terms being offered to non-NHS nursing staff in the private and independent sectors.
The new pay system will apply to all directly employed NHS staff, except those covered by the Doctors’ and Dentists’ Pay Review Body and very senior managers (vSMP). Staff currently on local contracts will have a choice whether or not to move onto the new system. The system will cover all nurses in NHS trusts, including Foundation Hospitals. All nurses working in health authorities and nurses on Whitley, ‘shadow’ or ‘mirror’ Whitley contracts will move to new national contracts. Nurses in private sector hospitals, homes and clinics and GP practices are not covered by AfC, as they are not employees of the NHS. However, the current NHS pay arrangements exert a powerful influence over employers and the terms and conditions that they offer to their staff. The RCN believes this will continue to be the case. We expect to see, over time, the new terms being offered to non-NHS nursing staff in the private and independent sectors.
