NHS pay bands

NHS pay bands diagram. This is one of the top business frameworks helping clients improve on their approach to strategy, project management, IT, HR, internal processes and client experience.

See below image for the NHS pay bands diagram. Doctors and dentists have a separate pay scale, and are not included in these bands. The majority of NHS workers are in bands two to six. Cleaners, porters and healthcare assistants typically start in band two, while newly qualified nurses, paramedics and midwives are in band five.

All NHS staff under the remit of this year’s pay review will receive a pay rise. Over one million staff under the Agenda for Change contract, including nurses, paramedics and midwives, will benefit from a pay rise of at least £1,400 this year backdated to April 2022.

If you have peers currently working in the NHS as doctors, they may still mention pay banding. However, this isn’t the same NHS banding that applies to nurses, clerical staff, or clinical practitioners etc. There are several kinds of contracts available for NHS doctors and the Trusts employing them.