Dear ACB members
Today I received a copy of the advance letter (SP)
6/2000 which outlines the increases to national salary scales 2000/2001 and
2000/2002 copies of the letter can be found at www.doh.gov.uk/coin.htm
The paragraph relating to 2001/2002 payclaim
states
"In the context of the agreement on "Agenda for
Change" (including the principle of pay linkage set out in para 7.4 of the joint
framework of principles and agreed statement on the way forward issued on 8th
October 1999) and the joint commitment to lifelong learning, a minimum RPI(x) at
December 2000 reported in January 2001, plus 0.5%"
There has been little debate about "Agenda for
Change" on the mailing list which is understandable as Mike Hallworth requested
emails regarding comments about it to go directly to him. I thought ACB members
should be aware of the above para in the advance letter as agreement on the
agenda seems to be linked with pay and the deadline for comments about the
agenda is the 6th Dec.
From a personal point of view I thought the agenda
for change was a rather wordy but constructive document, but does appear to be
formalising the discussions the RCP thinktank were having about a year
ago.
All the best
John O'Connor (Don't shoot me im only the
messenger)
ACB Webmaster
