Vote on your HSC pay offer from the Department of Health
Please read the information below before voting.
Your vote will only be counted if your MyRCN record shows that you’re employed by the HSC in Northern Ireland on NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
All other votes will be discounted.
What you're voting on
The Department of Health has made a pay offer for HSC staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions for 2024/25. This is set out below:
- A consolidated 5.5% increase for all Agenda for Change staff employed in the HSC for 2024/25
- Due to current financial constraints the Department will proceed to implement this uplift in two payments, the first with effect from 1 June 2024
- The second payment will be the remainder, backdated to 1 April 2024
- The Minister has committed that, should funding become available within the remainder of the 2024/25 financial year, the effective date of the pay award will be amended to 1 April 2024.
- If sufficient further funding does not become available during 2024/25 to meet the full year effect, the Minister has committed that any shortfall shall be addressed at an early stage of the 2025/26 financial year. This will not impact on any decisions in regard to pay awards for 2025/26.
- The recommendation of the NHS Pay Review Body to include an intermediate step point in Bands 8a – 8d.
You can accept or reject this offer below. You have until 12 noon on Thursday 9 January 2025 to vote.
You must accept or reject the offer in its entirety – you cannot accept part of the offer and reject another part.
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