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The implementation timetable for Agenda for Change. |
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| May 1997 |
Labour government elected |
| September 1997 |
Exploratory talks on a new NHS pay system begin |
| December 1997 |
White Paper on modernising the NHS is published |
| February 1999 |
Agenda for Change- Modernising the NHS Pay System is published |
| October 1999 |
First joint statement of progress |
| November 2000 |
Second joint statement of progress |
| November 2001 |
Third joint statement of progress |
| December 2002 |
Framework agreement agreed and published |
| January 2003 |
Proposed agreement and three-year pay deal announced |
| June 2003 |
'Early implementer' sites begin to implement Agenda for Change in England |
| December 2004 |
National roll-out of Agenda for Change starts in England |
| September 2005 |
Original deadline for assimilating staff on to new pay and conditions |
| October 2006 |
Original deadline for implementation of Knowledge and Skills Framework |
| February 2007 – April 2007 |
Consultation on draft proposals for unsocial hours payments |
| 2007 |
Full implementation (other than ongoing consultation on new unsocial hours payments) |
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Source: Buchan and Evans 2007 [1] | |
Buchan and Evans Human Resources for Health 2008 6:12 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-6-12 |
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