The Review Body's remit for 2012/13 continues to be constrained by the UK Government's and Devolved Administrations' public pay sector policies. The remit is narrowed to consideration of pay recommendations for NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) staff earning £21,000 or less and any cases presented regarding high cost area supplements (HCAS) and recruitment and retention premia (RRP). An uplift of £250 is recommended for AfC staff earning £21,000 or less. The Body also comments on general workforce issues in the NHS.
This report considers how to make pay more market-facing in local areas for NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) staff and recommends market-facing pay to support recruitment and staff retention. The AfC system is perceived as fair and objective by all parties, supports stable industrial relations, and is viewed as compliant with equal pay principles. Analysis does not provide firm evidence for further investment in additional market -facing pay in the NHS at this time and further development of AfC is needed to meet the challenges and cost pressures in the NHS. AfC is considered the appropriate vehicle through which to develop market-facing pay as it already has positive features for it. The Review Body therefore specifically recommends a fundamental review of high cost area supplements, appropriate use of local recruitment and retention premia, and regular review of AfC, including its flexibilities, with any necessary negotiations brought to a conclusion at a reasonable pace
In the June 2010 Budget, the government announced a two year public sector pay freeze from 2011-12 for public sector workforces earning in excess of £21,000 per annum on a full-time equivalent basis. Due to the pay freeze, the Review Body is not required to make recommendations on the remuneration of doctors and dentists, including independent contractor general medical practitioners (GMPs) and general dental practitioners (GDPs), in the United Kingdom for 2012-13, as all doctors and dentists have full-time equivalent earnings of more than £21,000 per annum. In the context of this revised remit, the Review Body has continued to monitor recruitment, retention, motivation and other relevant matters, and those topics form the bulk of this report.
This pay review of Service Medical and Dental Officer recommends: a one per cent increase in basic pay to all ranks within the Medical and Dental Officer cadre; a one per cent increase in General Medical Practitioner and General Dental Practitioner Trainer Pay and Associate Trainer Pay; a 0.5 percentage point increase in X-Factor from 14.0 per cent to 14.5 per cent, in line with the main remit group; that MOD reconsiders how to best include Medical and Dental Officers in the future Armed Forces Pension Scheme.
This is the 38th report from the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists Remuneration (Cm. 7579, ISBN 9780101757928), The Review Body was appointed in 1971, and is an independent body which makes recommendations to the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Health, the First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing of the Scottish Parliament, the First Minister and Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh Assembly Government and the First Minister, Deputy First Minister and Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety of the Northern Ireland Executive. The publication is divided into 9 chapters, with 8 appendices. Chapter 1: Economic and general considerations; Chapter 2: Main pay recommendations for 2009-10; Chapter 3: General medical practitioners; Chapter 4: General dental practitioners; Chapter 5: Salaried primary dental care services; Chapter 6: Ophthalmic medical practitioners; Chapter 7: Doctors and dentists in hospital training; Chapter 8: Consultants; Chapter 9: Specialty doctors and associate specialists. The recommendations include: 1.5% increase to the national salary scales for doctors and dentists; an increase in the budget for higher Clinical Excellence Awards should be increased in line with the increase in the number of consultants eligible for the award and that commitment awards, distinction awards and discretionary points be increased by 1.5%; an increase in general medical practitioners' net income of 1.5% after allowing for movement in their expenses; that the minimum and maximum of the salary range for salaried general medical practitioners be increased by 1.5%; that the supplement for general medical practitioner registrars entering training placements on or after 1 April 2009 be reduced from 50% to 45%; that the general medical practitioner trainers' grant be increased by 1,5%; that the supplements for London weighting remain at existing levels; that there be an increase in general dental practitioners' net income of 1.5%.
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