Agenda
for Change
Agenda
for Change (AfC) is the system for determining pay and conditions
for all staff employed by the NHS. Apart from a very small number
of Practices run and managed by PCOs, staff in general practice are
not employed by the NHS and therefore AfC, quite simply, does not
apply to them unless Practices want it to.
Why
would practices want to consider AfC?
The Whitley
Councils pay scales have traditionally been used by many
practices to set remuneration levels for their employees; in many
cases other aspects of Whitley terms and conditions have also been
incorporated into the contracts of employees in general practice.
Within
the NHS, Whitley has been phased out and replaced by Agenda for Change.
The demise of Whitley means that those Practices which had traditionally
refered to it in their employees’ contracts, will be compelled
to find another reference point.
Without
Whitley, Practices face a dilemma of what to do in order to determine
fair salaries and other benefits, particularly as Practices find themselves
in competition with NHS employers (who will be offering AfC terms),
or even other practices (who may also be offering AfC-related terms),
for recruiting and retaining staff.
How
can we help?
1. AfC
tookit
We
have developed a major piece of work, a toolkit, that takes the
inexperienced and experienced Practice Manager through the intricacies
of AfC. Whether you currently use Whitley Scales or not it explains
in simple, plain English, what AfC means, how it could apply to
general practice, how to take the parts that most suit your practice,
information that you can copy to show the Partners and importantly,
a spreadsheet that will allow you to calculate the costs to your
own practice if you decided to embrace AfC. The toolkit is in the
Members section, Members
click here to access the toolkit.
If you are not a Member,
click here
for information about the benefits of membership and how to subscribe.
2. Workshops
Click
here for information
on full day workshops on the subject of AfC and the demise of Whitley.
Further
information
NHS
Employers pay circulars on Agenda for Change
Current
Agenda for Change payscales
Whitley
payscales 2005 (admin & clerical) - this was the last
issue
Whitley
payscales 2005 (nursing) -
this was the last issue
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