The principal of fair pay for all staff is central to the NHS National Terms and Conditions of Employment that is based on equal pay for work of equal value criteria.

The Trust is committed to ensuring these principles are maintained through consistent starting salaries for new starters and those staff who are either promoted on a permanent basis or who ‘step-up’ for a temporary period of time.

All new starters to agenda for change posts will start at the bottom of the pay band. Managers must not confirm the starting salary with a candidate until it has been authorised.

The process for obtaining authorisation for a salary variation is set out in the 'starting salaries (agenda for change) procedure'.