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18 March 2013

Pay Circular (AforC) 1/2013

Changes to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook(amendment number 28): pay and conditions for NHS staff covered

by the Agenda for Change agreement

Summary

This pay circular informs employers of:

a 1% pay uplift, effective from 1 April 2013

a 1% uplift to the minima and maxima value of the high cost area supplements,

effective from 1 April 2013

These amendments will be incorporated into Amendment 28 of the NHS terms and

conditions of service handbook which is due to be published by the end of March

2013.

Action

1. From 1 April 2013 employers should ensure that the new Table 12 in Annex C and new

Table 18 in Annex I, attached to this circular, are used to calculate pay and high cost area

supplements for eligible staff.

National recruitment and retention premia: transitional protection

arrangements

2. Pay Circular (AforC) 3/2011 contained arrangements, in a revised Annex R, for national

recruitment and retention premiums to be phased out. On 1 April 2013 all payments will

cease.

Effect of this amendment3. The pay point values made effective by this pay circular replace those contained in Pay

Circular (AforC) 2/2012. The minimum and maximum values of high cost area supplements

in the new Table 18 replace those contained in Pay Circular (AforC) 2/2010.

4. Details of the changes made effective by this circular are in the Annex attached.

5. The recommended rates from 1 April 2013 have been calculated on the basis of a

cumulative uplift. The Agenda for Change pay rates applicable on the 1 October 2004 have

been used as the baseline figures to maintain relativity and therefore the published figures

may differ slightly from the figures calculated by applying the 1% uplift to the figures as of

the 1 April 2012.
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Enquiries

6. Employees must direct personal enquiries to their employer.

7. Employers should direct enquiries to:[email protected]

8. Copies of this circular can be downloaded from:www.nhsemployers.org

9. A copy of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook can be downloaded from

the NHS Employers website at the following web address:

www.nhsemployers.org/PayAndContracts/AgendaForChange/Pages/Afc-

AtAGlanceRP.aspx

10. Prior to the establishment of NHS Employers in November 2004, responsibility to inform the

NHS of changes to pay and allowances for staff on Agenda for Change contracts rested

with the Department of Health. Changes were published in Advance Letters. Copies of

Advance Letters going back to 1995 may be obtained from the Department of Health

website at the followingaddress:www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Lettersandcirculars/Advancedle

tters/index.htm

Issued by:

Geoffrey Winnard

Head of Agenda for Change/Non-Medical Pay

NHS Employers
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Annex


NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook, amendment number 28

The changes made effective by this circular are:

Title Page:

Amendment number 27 is deleted and replaced by Amendment number 28

Pay Circular (AforC) 3/2012 is changed to Pay Circular (AforC) 1/2013 .

Annex B: Pay bands and pay points f rom 2004

Annex B is a chronological record of pay point values since 1 October 2004.

Existing Table 12: Annex C: this table is transferred into Annex B where it becomesTable 11(i): Pay bands and pay points on the second pay spine in England from1 Apri l 2012. There is no change to any of the values in the table.

Annex C: Pay bands and pay points

A new Table 12 is inserted into Annex C: Pay bands and pay points on the secondpay spine in England f rom 1 Apri l 2013.

The new Tables 11(i) and 12 are attached to this circular.

Annex I: High cost area supplements

Existing Table 18, minimum and maximum values effective from 1 April 2010,becomes new Table 17f.

A new Table 18, minimum and maximum values effective from 1 April 2013, isinserted.

The complete new Annex I is attached to this circular.


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Annexes Annex B: Pay bands and points from 1 April2012

NHS terms and conditions of service handbook The NHS Staff CouncilPay circular (AforC) 1/2013: amendment number 28

Annex BTable 11iPay bands and pay points on the second pay spine in Englandfrom1 April 2012

Point Band 1 Band 2 Band 3 Band 4 Band 5 Band 6 Band 7 Band 8 Band 9

RangeA

RangeB

RangeC

RangeD

1 14,153 14,1532 14,508 14,5083 14,864 14,8644 15,2795 15,6946 16,110 16,110

7 16,645 16,6458 17,253 17,2539 17,61810 18,10411 18,652 18,65212 19,077 19,07713 19,75014 20,43315 21,05416 21,176 21,17617 21,798 21,79818 22,67619 23,58920 24,55421 25,528 25,52822 26,556 26,55623 27,625 27,62524 28,47025 29,46426 30,460 30,46027 31,454 31,45428 32,573 32,573

29 34,189 34,18930 35,18431 36,30332 37,54533 38,851 38,85134 40,157 40,15735 41,77236 43,38837 45,254 45,25438 46,621 46,62139 48,98340 51,71841 54,454 54,45442 55,945 55,94543 58,43144 61,16745 65,270 65,27046 67,134 67,13447 69,93248 73,35149 77,079

77,079

50 80,810 80,81051 84,68852 88,75353 93,01454 97,478


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Annexes Annex C: Pay bands and points inEngland from 1 April 2013


Annex C: Pay bands and pay points on thesecond pay spine in England from 1 April 2013

Table 12

Point Band 1 Band 2 Band 3 Band 4 Band 5 Band 6 Band 7 Band 8 Band 9RangeA

RangeB

RangeC

RangeD

1 14,294 14,2942 14,653 14,6533 15,013 15,0134 15,4325 15,8516 16,271 16,2717 16,811 16,8118 17,425 17,4259 17,79410 18,285

11 18,838 18,83812 19,268 19,26813 19,94714 20,63815 21,26516 21,388 21,38817 22,016 22,01618 22,90319 23,82520 24,79921 25,783 25,78322 26,822 26,82223 27,901 27,90124 28,75525 29,75926 30,764 30,76427 31,768 31,76828 32,898 32,89829 34,530 34,53030 35,53631 36,66632 37,92133 39,239 39,23934 40,558 40,55835 42,19036 43,82237 45,707 45,70738 47,088 47,08839 49,47340 52,23541 54,998 54,99842 56,504 56,50443 59,016

44 61,77945 65,922 65,92246 67,805 67,80547 70,63148 74,08449 77,850 77,85050 81,618 81,61851 85,53552 89,64053 93,94454 98,453


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NHS terms and conditions of service handbook The NHS Staff Council

NHS STAFF COUNCIL


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Annexes Annex I: High cost area supplements


Annex IHigh cost area supplements

Table 17From 1 October 2004 (See Section 4)

Area Level (1 October 2004)Inner London 20% of basic salary, subject to a

minimum payment of 3,197 and amaximum payment of 5,328.

Outer London 15% of basic salary, subject to aminimum payment of 2,664 and amaximum payment of 3,729

Fringe 5% of basic salary, subject to a

minimum payment of 799 and amaximum payment of 1,385

Table 17aFrom 1 April 2005

Area Level (1 April 2005)Inner London 20% of basic salary, subject to a

minimum payment of 3,300 and a

maximum payment of 5,500Outer London 15% of basic salary, subject to a

minimum payment of 2,750 and amaximum payment of 3,850

Fringe 5% of basic salary, subject to aminimum payment of 825 and amaximum payment of 1,430

Table 17bFrom 1 April 2006

Area Level (1 April 2006)Inner London 20% of basic salary, subject to a

minimum payment of 3,383 and amaximum payment of 5,638

Outer London 15% of basic salary, subject to aminimum payment of 2,819 and amaximum payment of 3,946

Fringe 5% of basic salary, subject to aminimum payment of 846 and a

maximum payment of 1,466


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Table 17cFrom 1 April 2007Area Level (1 April 2007 and 1

November 2007)

Inner London 20% of basic salary, subject to a: minimum payment of 3,434

from 1 April and 3,468from 1 November; and a

maximum payment of5,722 from 1 April and5,779 from 1 November

Outer London 15% of basic salary, subject to a

minimum payment of 2,861from 1 April and 2,890from 1 November; and a


Fringe 5% of basic salary, subject to a

minimum payment of 859from 1 April and 867 from1 November; and a


Table 17dFrom 1 April 2008Area Level (1 April 2008)

Inner London 20% of basic salary, subject to a:

Minimum payment of 3,855and a maximum payment of5,938 *

Outer London 15% of basic salary, subject to a:

Minimum payment of 3,261and a maximum payment of4,156*

Fringe 5% of basic salary, subject to a:

Minimum payment of 891 and amaximum payment of 1,544

* The national parties to the pensions review agreed that the minimum level of

HCAS would increase by 284 in Inner and Outer London (but not Fringe) at 31March 2008. The figures for 2009 in Table 17e, therefore, reflect this.


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Table 17eFrom 1 April 2009

Area Level (1 April 2009)


Minimum payment of 3,947and a maximum payment of6,080





Table 17fFrom 1 April 2010

Area Level (1April 2010)








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Table 18From 1 April 2013

Area Level (1April 2010)







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