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Agenda for Change pay award in England: 5.5% increase across all bands
Ministers in Westminster have accepted the recommendations of the NHS Pay Review Body. Make sure you update your details as you’ll soon be able to vote on whether the award is acceptable or unacceptable.
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Today (29 July), the Westminster government announced the NHS pay award for nursing staff on Agenda for Change (AfC) contracts in England. Ministers accepted the recommendations of the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) and will award a 5.5% consolidated pay increase across all bands, effective from 1 April 2024.
The details of how the award will be funded have not yet been released.
In the coming days, we’ll launch an online consultation to understand how you feel about today’s announcement. This is a pay award rather than a pay offer meaning our consultation will not directly affect the government’s payment of it. However, your vote is important to help us understand your feelings towards it and determine our next steps. Please make sure the details we hold for you are up to date.
RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said: “When it comes to pay in the NHS, all professional groups deserve a clear route to fair pay restoration – making up for a very serious loss of earnings in the last 15 years. Stagnant salaries at a time of spiralling prices forced too many to leave and deterred others from joining.
“We do not begrudge doctors their pay rise. We work together closely, in the interests of our patients. What we ask for is the same fair treatment from government.
“Our members will vote on whether they see today’s announcement as enough of a start on our journey. When the full details are released, it must show that the funding is being made available to the NHS and all employers who deliver NHS services.
“Nurses are the ever-present, safety critical workforce across the whole of health and care. Our wages do not reflect that and still won’t after today. We will be pushing government to show us their plans for improving NHS pay – it is vital to recruit and retain nursing staff, fill tens of thousands of vacant nurse jobs and give people the care they deserve.”
You will be eligible to vote if you work in the NHS in England on an AfC contract. Check your details are up to date to make sure you can vote, if you’re eligible.
