This circular updates NHS Scotland’s policy on Recruitment and Retention Premia for Agenda for Change staff previously set out in DL(2021)11. These revisions have been made by the Scottish Terms and Conditions Committee (STAC) to include the provision at paragraph 16 of Annex A covering situations where RRPs are withdrawn. 

To assist Boards with making applications, a Word version of the application form is available for download on the Circulars and Guidance page of the Scottish Terms and Conditions Committee website. It can be found next to the entry for this circular. In addition, an EQIA template has been provided as well as a template which Boards can use to record the attempts which have been made to recruit to the relevant posts. Use of this last template is not mandatory, but STAC has found it helpful in the past to have this information summarised in an easily digestible form.