Written question WQ86807
- Asked by
- Adam PricePlaid
- To be answered by
- Minister for Health and Social Services
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 11 days
Question
Will the Minister share the Government's current assessment of the cost of its current proposal for the NHS workforce pay rise?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Health and Social Services
As I outlined in my Written Statement when I accepted the pay review body independent recommendations, the payment of £1,400 for staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions equates to a range of different percentage increases to NHS Wales wages dependant on pay band, with those on the lowest pay band receiving an increase of 10.8%.
Almost half of the Agenda for Change workforce, who are paid in the lowest pay bands of 1 to 4, will receive an average pay increase to the pay points of 7.5%. More than 89,000 of those on Agenda for Change contracts i.e. those up to and including Band 7 – will receive, on average, a 5.3.% increase to the pay points.
Doctors and Dentists received a 4.5% uplift as recommended by their pay review body.
This equates to a 4.8% average uplift of the overall NHS pay bill. The modelling for the pay award for the NHS put the total costs in the region of £4.5 billion, with a recurring increase of over £200 million.