NHS pay review body: twenty-sixth report 2012 - Official Documents

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Deputy First Minister & CabinetSecretary for
Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy
Nicola Sturgeon MSP
T:08457741741
E: scottish.ministers@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Jerry Cope
Chair
NHS Pay Review Body
6 th Floor Kingsgate House
66-74 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6SW
~o September 2011
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The Scottish
Government
This letter outlines the key elements of the Scottish Government's public sector pay policy
for 2012-13, announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable
Growth on 21 September. Following on from that, it sets out the remit which the Scottish
Government Health and Social Care Directorates would wish the NHS Pay Review Body
(NHSPRB) to work to in considering evidence and making recommendations for pay in 2012-
13 for staff covered by the Agenda for Change agreement.
The key features of Scotland's public sector pay policy for 2012-13 are as follows:
• Pay will be frozen (zero percent basic award) for all public sector staff for 2012-13
except those earning £21,000 and below.
e The Scottish Government recognises the importance of supporting lower paid staff
within the public sector. There are therefore two specific exceptions to the freeze on
basic pay.
e Continued application of the Scottish Living Wage. This is currently set at £7.15 per
hour for staff doing a 37.5 hour week and will be uprated to £7.20 from 1 April 2012.
e In addition, the policy makes a commitment that all staff earning less than £21,000
should receive a minimum annual pay increase of £250.
In terms of the remit for the NHSPRB this year, therefore, we will:
@ submit evidence on recruitment, retention and other issues which affect all groups of
workers covered by the NHSPRB, although we will not seek recommendations on pay
for staff paid over £21,000.
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