NHS: Pay
Commons · Question 23552 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 21 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made on implementing reforms to Agenda for Change, particularly in relation to the compression of Bands 2-4 and pay for the lowest-paid NHS staff.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 21 Sep 2026
On 12 February, we accepted the NHS Pay Review Body’s recommendation on headline pay for Agenda for Change (AfC) staff in England, which resulted in a 3.3% consolidated pay uplift to all pay points. When making its recommendations to the Government on hea...