Purpose

In 2018, the NHS Staff Council agreed to
reform the NHS Pay Structure over a three year period covering
April 2018 – March 2021. Between the period April 2018 and
March 2020, public health service providers that are commissioned
by Local Authorities have been able to seek remuneration in
relation to the additional Agenda for Change pay costs directly
from the Department of Health and Social Care.
 
The Public Health ring-fenced grant for
2020/2021, included an adjustment to cover the estimated additional
Agenda for Change pay costs of eligible staff working in
organisations commissioned by Local Authorities to deliver public
health services.
 
The announcement in March 2023, of the Public
Health Grant allocations to Local Authorities for 2023/24 will
continue to be subject to conditions. The terms of the Public
Health Grant allocation for 2023/24 from the Department of Health
and Social Care informed the grant is required to cover all pay
pressures for 2023/24, including the impact of NHS pay settlements.
Funding previously allocated to reflect the additional costs to
local authorities of the 2018 NHS pay settlement is now fully
baselined as part of the Grant. Arrangements were put in place by
NHS England to help manage the in-year impact of additional NHS pay
costs in 2022/23, on a non-recurrent basis. The expectation is that
ongoing funding for this pressure will be managed through local
authority commissioning streams.
 
NHS Staff Council voted to accept the pay
offer on 2 March 2023 made by the Government in mid-March. The NHS
has asked the Government to implement the pay offer as soon as
possible, with the expectation that staff will see both the lump
sum and the new 2023/24 pay rates in the June salaries.
 
Under the NHS pay deal announced in March
2023, Agenda for Change staff will also receive a non-consolidated
award of 2% of an individual’s salary for 2022 to 2023. This
was not factored in by NHS England for the in- year impact of the
pay award in 2022/23. 

Content

Approval for the annual contract amount for
the Integrated 0-19 Healthy Child Programme - to be increased by
£150,00 in relation to the 2022/2023 NHS salary uplift
(Agenda for Change).
 
Approval for the annual contract amount for
the Integrated 0-19 Healthy Child Programme - to be increased by
£350,00 in relation to the 2023/2024 NHS salary uplift
(Agenda for Change).