AQW 4478/16-21

Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 03/10/2016
Answered On Date: 25/11/2016
Priority Written: Yes

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health when the 1 per cent payrise will start being paid to staff; and which Health and Social Care staff will receive this increase.

Answer:

It is anticipated that Health and Social Care staff will start to see the 1 per cent uplift, effective from 1 April 2016, in their November 2016 salary.

This pay award affects the pay rates of all Agenda for Change staff and those of hospital medical and dental staff, doctors and dentists in public health, the community health service, salaried primary dental care and salaried general practitioners.