EXPLAINED: Agenda for change - The Real Truth

Are NHS nurses receiving a pay rise and when will it be announced?

Union bosses say there is a need for a ‘significant rise’ for NHS nurses soon

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2024

UK Government Considers Separating Pay Structure for NHS Nurses

"A call for evidence" has been launched to understand if Agenda for Change contracts are preventing NHS nurses in their career development and if a separate pay structure for the UK nursing staff will work.

International Business Times UK · Jan 16, 2024

NHS staff pay rise agreed before ‘higher’ hike for doctors is fair, says No 10

Staff on Agenda for Change contracts were offered a 5% baseline pay rise earlier this year while doctors have been offered a 6% deal.

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023

Nurses to ballot for more strikes as Government imposes pay deal

It comes as the Government announced a 5% pay rise and a one-off cash payment for more than a million NHS workers.

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023

More than one million NHS staff get pay rise but strikes could continue - here's why

The divisive pay deal might not bring the end to months of disruption for patients, this is what you need to know

Manchester Evening News · May 2, 2023

Explained: What is next for NHS strikes?

What the NHS Staff Council voting to accept the pay deal for health workers in England means for industrial disputes in the health service

Evening Standard · May 2, 2023

Majority of NHS unions accept revised pay offer from Government amid long-running dispute

Fourteen unions representing NHS staff have balloted hundreds of thousands of members over the course of the last few weeks

Chronicle Live · May 2, 2023

NHS pay offer accepted by most health unions

Health leaders have said that the deal ‘will not draw a line in the sand’.

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023

NHS pay rise finally agreed - but some nurses and ambulance staff could still strike

The offer has been accepted despite unions like the Royal College of Nurses and Unite having rejected the offer

Nottingham Post · May 2, 2023

NHS unions vote to accept government pay deal – but nurses could still strike

Health leaders raised concerns about ‘worrying’ prospect of further walkouts by unions that did not agree to the offer

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023