3. NHS PLAN & REFORM (continued)
3.2 Pay and Contracts
3.2.1 What has the top (discretionary
and non-discretionary, and including merit or distinction awards
where appropriate) and bottom of the payscale and average full
time earnings been for: (a) Nursing and Midwifery Grades D - I
(b) Nursing/Midwifery/Health Visitor Consultants (c) House Officers
(d) Senior House Officers (e) Specialist Registrars (f) Associate
Specialists (g) Staff Grade (h) Consultants (i) General Practitioners
and (j) Salaried General Practitioners employed by PCTs been in
each year since 1997-98? Why do average full time earnings exceed
the top of payscales in some cases? (Q27)
ANSWER
1. Table 27a to Table 27c shows
the top and bottom of each pay scale from 1997-98 to the present.
This takes into account changes as a result of pay reform with
the introduction of Agenda for Change for non-medical staff in
October 2004 and a new contract for consultants in April 2003.
2. Table 27d provides forecasts of
the net profits (pay) achieved by GPs up to 2003-04 (the year
the new GMS contract came into force). Prior year figures reflect
the Average Intended Net Remuneration figure (AINR) set by the
review body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration. To all intents
and purposes, these reflect the GMS income/profit received by
a GP in years recommendations were made.
3. Table 27e provides information
on the average earnings per head for health and community health
staff (HCHS) from 1997-98 to 2005-06.
4. Average full time earnings are an indication
of the actual amounts of take home earnings individual members
of staff receive. This takes into account all earnings such as
unsocial hours payments, overtime payments, bonus payments and
professional awards such as discretionary payments or clinical
excellence awards. It is not unusual therefore to see earnings
in excess of the top of the pay scale.
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