Written Question · S2W-11740 · Session 2
When, and how, it will monitor and evaluate the comparative outcomes of Agenda for Change for speech and language therapists and clinical p…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive when, and how, it will monitor and evaluate the comparative outcomes of Agenda for Change for speech and language therapists and clinical psychologists at divisional, board and regional levels, given the equal value settlement.
The answer
Under the Agenda for Change job evaluation scheme, which was specifically designed for the NHS, all professional groups are assessed under the same evaluation criteria. One of the founding principles of this scheme is to ensure equal pay for work of equal value across all staff groups covered by Agenda for Change.
In Scotland the Scottish Pay Reference and Implementation Group (SPRIG), a partnership body which advises Scottish ministers on the implementation of Agenda for Change, has agreed to a phased implementation of the matching/job evaluation process. Job families/occupational groups will be timetabled into this phased approach with speech and language therapists and clinical psychologists to be covered in the same phase, expected in May 2005.
All health systems in Scotland will have CAJE systems and the results of each individual evaluation will be recorded on this system. The central Pay Modernisation Team for Agenda for Change will monitor evaluations and job matching outcomes to ensure that results are carefully checked using the consistency checking scheme built into the system.
Further quality assurance monitoring will be carried out by a partnership monitoring team consisting of staff from the pay modernisation team, members of the Scottish Pay Reference and Implementation Group and Job Evaluation Leads from the service. Any anomalies or inconsistent results, whether between divisions, boards or regions, will be identified through this process and either addressed at local level or reported to SPRIG.
At UK level all aspects of the job evaluation process will be monitored by the Job Evaluation Working Party, reporting to the Shadow Executive of the new NHS Staff Council. This monitoring will be supported by CAJE, the new Computer Aided Job Evaluation system.
In Scotland the Scottish Pay Reference and Implementation Group (SPRIG), a partnership body which advises Scottish ministers on the implementation of Agenda for Change, has agreed to a phased implementation of the matching/job evaluation process. Job families/occupational groups will be timetabled into this phased approach with speech and language therapists and clinical psychologists to be covered in the same phase, expected in May 2005.
All health systems in Scotland will have CAJE systems and the results of each individual evaluation will be recorded on this system. The central Pay Modernisation Team for Agenda for Change will monitor evaluations and job matching outcomes to ensure that results are carefully checked using the consistency checking scheme built into the system.
Further quality assurance monitoring will be carried out by a partnership monitoring team consisting of staff from the pay modernisation team, members of the Scottish Pay Reference and Implementation Group and Job Evaluation Leads from the service. Any anomalies or inconsistent results, whether between divisions, boards or regions, will be identified through this process and either addressed at local level or reported to SPRIG.
At UK level all aspects of the job evaluation process will be monitored by the Job Evaluation Working Party, reporting to the Shadow Executive of the new NHS Staff Council. This monitoring will be supported by CAJE, the new Computer Aided Job Evaluation system.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-11740 by reference.