Question follow-through · 18509

NHS: Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on NHS Workforce productivity and moral of the salaries of Band 2 and Band 3 NHS employees in the Agenda for Change being below the N

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
15 Jul 2026
Answer
17 Jul 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on NHS Workforce productivity and moral of the salaries of Band 2 and Band 3 NHS employees in the Agenda for Change being below the N

  2. 15 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    On 12 February, we accepted the NHS Pay Review Body’s recommendation on headline pay for Agenda for Change staff, which resulted in a 3.3% consolidated pay uplift to all pay points. Band 2 staff in England saw their minimum basic full time pay increase to...

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