Unsocial hours options tested

摘要

Pharmacists at 10 trusts are among the health professions involved in testing options for how pay for unsocial hours will be calculated and introduced under Agenda for Change,it was confirmed this week.Three options have been drawn up which will be evaluated against pay roll data from last October,November and December.The"dummy data"will go towards deciding the costs of the three options and which one works most effectively in practice.The best option will then be tested live for three months starting in March with the intention of rolling it out across the NHS to all staff from October.