Written Question · S3W-17745 · Session 3
How many individual employees in each NHS board are awaiting resolution of Agenda for Change pay rates.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individual employees in each NHS board are awaiting resolution of Agenda for Change pay rates.
The answer
In order to fully assimilate staff to the Agenda for Change pay system they must first of all go through the job evaluation process to determine which pay band they should be on. Payroll departments must then place them on that pay band: then assess for, and pay, any arrears which may be due dating back to October 2004 when Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions became effective.
Those substantive staff not yet on the new system are largely individuals for whom more work has been required to establish the correct pay band. This is a relatively small number and all NHS boards are working to a timetable of having substantive staff assimilated by the end of the year. Bank staff are being left till the end of the process in most board areas and it is anticipated that they can be assimilated relatively quickly after substantive staff are complete.
The latest available figures on assimilation and payment of arrears are from the end of October 2008. The following table shows the number of substantive staff still to be assimilated, the number of bank staff still to be assimilated and the number of staff who have been assimilated but are still waiting for payment of arrears. The figures are broken down by health board.
Health Board
| Substantive Staff Still to be Assimilated
| Bank Staff Still to be Assimilated
| All Assimilated Staff who are Still to be Paid Arrears
NHS Ayr and Arran
| 219
| 105
| 3
NHS Borders
| 1
| 1
| 22
NHS Dumfries
| 18
| 1
| 0
NHS Fife
| 0
| 180
| 21
NHS Forth Valley
| 182
| 148
| 147
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
| 381
| 6,196
| 2,689
NHS Grampian
| 93
| 3,457
| 2,791
NHS Highland
| 318
| 614
| 83
NHS Lanarkshire
| 18
| 112
| 2,036
NHS Lothian
| 472
|
Those substantive staff not yet on the new system are largely individuals for whom more work has been required to establish the correct pay band. This is a relatively small number and all NHS boards are working to a timetable of having substantive staff assimilated by the end of the year. Bank staff are being left till the end of the process in most board areas and it is anticipated that they can be assimilated relatively quickly after substantive staff are complete.
The latest available figures on assimilation and payment of arrears are from the end of October 2008. The following table shows the number of substantive staff still to be assimilated, the number of bank staff still to be assimilated and the number of staff who have been assimilated but are still waiting for payment of arrears. The figures are broken down by health board.
Health Board
| Substantive Staff Still to be Assimilated
| Bank Staff Still to be Assimilated
| All Assimilated Staff who are Still to be Paid Arrears
NHS Ayr and Arran
| 219
| 105
| 3
NHS Borders
| 1
| 1
| 22
NHS Dumfries
| 18
| 1
| 0
NHS Fife
| 0
| 180
| 21
NHS Forth Valley
| 182
| 148
| 147
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
| 381
| 6,196
| 2,689
NHS Grampian
| 93
| 3,457
| 2,791
NHS Highland
| 318
| 614
| 83
NHS Lanarkshire
| 18
| 112
| 2,036
NHS Lothian
| 472
|
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-17745 by reference.