Health Department

 

Dear Colleague

WHOLE TIME HOSPITAL CHAPLAINS AND WHOLE
TIME HOSPITAL CHAPLAINS’ ASSISTANTS

INCREASES TO NATIONAL SALARY SCALES –
THREE YEAR DEAL

Summary

1. I am writing to inform you that the Management Side of the Scientific and Professional Staffs Whitley Council and representatives of whole time hospital chaplains and whole time hospital chaplains’ assistants have reached agreement on the issue listed above. Agreement has been reached on increases to the national salary scales for the years 1999-2000, 2000-2001 and 2001-2002.

2. The new arrangements set out in this letter and its Appendices provide for increases in salary scales to be agreed with employers. The details of the agreement are as follows:

Increases to National Salary Scales

3. 1999 - 2000

An increase of 3% or £250, whichever is the higher, to the national salary scales with effect from 1 April 1999.

2000 – 2001

An increase of 3.25% or £300, whichever is the higher, to the national salary scales with effect from 1 April 2000.

 

NHS MEL (2000)38

14th July 2000
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Addresses

For action
General Managers, Health Boards and Special Health Boards

General Manager, Common Services Agency

General Manager, State Hospitals Board for Scotland

Chief Executive, Health Education Board for Scotland

Chief Executives, NHS Trusts

Executive Director, SCPMDE

To be copied to unit General Managers for action
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Enquiries to:
Miss B Burnett
Directorate of Human Resources
Scottish Executive
Health Department
Room 133
St Andrew’s House
EDINBURGH EH1 3DG

Tel: 0131-244 2473
Fax: 0131-244 2837
E-Mail: brenda.burnett@scotland.gov.uk

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2001 –2002

In the context of agreement on the negotiations on Agenda for Change (including the principle of pay linkage as set out in paragraph 7.4 of the Joint Framework of Principles and Agreed Statement on the Way Forward issued on 8 October 1999) and the joint commitment to lifelong learning, a minimum RPI(X) at December 2000 reported in January 2001, plus 0.5%.

Revised salaries for Whole-Time Chaplains and Whole-Time Chaplains’ Assistants in Scotland are set out in the attached replacement pages for Appendices A and B.

Enquiries

4. Employees should direct their personal enquiries to their employing Health Board, Special Health Board or Trust.

5. Employers are asked to make their own arrangements for obtaining any additional copies of this circular.

Yours sincerely

 

ROBIN NAYSMITH
Acting Head of Human Resources

ANNEX A

WHOLE TIME HOSPITAL CHAPLAINS AND WHOLE TIME HOSPITAL
CHAPLAINS’ ASSISTANTS

SALARIES WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 1999

 

Payscale

Pay Point on Common Spine

Salary Scales wef

1 April 1999

£pa

Whole-time hospital

19

14806

chaplains’ assistant

20

15397

21

16012

22

*16654

23

*17322

Whole-time hospital

28

21072

chaplains

29

21914

30

22791

31

*23703

32

*24649


Pay points and codes marked *are for use only when payscales have been advanced in accordance with Appendix B of SHHD/DGM(1991)70.

 

ANNEX B

WHOLE TIME HOSPITAL CHAPLAINS AND WHOLE TIME HOSPITAL
CHAPLAINS’ ASSISTANTS

SALARIES WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 2000

 

 

Payscale

Pay Point on Common Spine

Salary Scales wef

1 April 2000

£pa

Whole-time hospital

19

15287

chaplains’ assistant

20

15897

21

16532

22

*17195

23

*17885

Whole-time hospital

28

21757

chaplains

29

22626

30

23532

31

*24473

32

*25450


Pay points and codes marked * are for use only when payscales have been advanced in accordance with Appendix B of SHHD/DGM(1991)70.