Table 1

The implementation timetable for Agenda for Change.

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)

Source: Buchan and Evans 2007 [1]

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