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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER BY DEPUTY A.E. JEUNE OF ST. BRELADE
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 3rd MAY 2011
Question
Would the Chief Minister, as Chairman of the States Employment Board, advise members what investigations, if any, the Board has undertaken, or what advice it has received, during the last 12 months to identify pay differentials for nursing staff between Jersey and the United Kingdom and would he provide any evidence of differential by nursing grade?
Answer
The Health and Social Services Department and the States Human Resources Department jointly commissioned an investigation by Incomes Data Services (IDS) in 2010 into recruitment and retention difficulties for nurses and midwives and the implications these had for the way in which we pay nurses and midwives. IDS reported in January, 2011.
The IDS report showed that, whilst Jersey pays higher basic rates of pay than the UK for nurses and midwives, once the high cost of living and rental accommodation in Jersey is taken into account, differentials become very narrow and in some cases negative. This was also confirmed in a report produced by the Consultants, Tribal, in 2010, which benchmarked general States of Jersey pay rates against those in the UK.
IDS recommended that basic pay for registered nurses and midwives in grades 5, 6, 7 and 8 should be reviewed, and also a housing rent subsidy scheme should be considered for all registered nurses and midwives whose housing rental costs exceed 25% of gross household income. This report is currently being considered by the States Employment Board and appropriate consultations are being held with staff representatives.
The Jersey and UK (Agenda for Change) basic rates of pay for nurses and midwives are shown below. High cost area allowances, paid in Inner London, are also shown.
UK Agenda for Change / Jersey Nurses & Midwives Pay Comparisons April 2011
Job Title | AfC band | AfC Apr 2010 / Apr 2011 | AfC + high cost area allowance (inner London) | Jersey Grades | Jersey 2011 | Pay differentials AFC / Jsy 2011 | Pay differentials AFC / Jsy 2011 inc high cost area allowance |
Health Care Assistant | Band 2 | 14,779 15,194 15,610 16,145 16,753 | 18,815 19,230 19,646 20,181 20,789 | NM01 00 NM01 01 NM01 02 NM01 03 NM01 04 | 21,673 22,216 22,659 23,104 23,547 | 6,894 7,022 7,049 6,959 6,794 | 2,858 2,986 3,013 2,923 2,758 |
Senior Health Care Assistant | Band 3 | 17,118 17,604 18,152 18,577 | 21,154 21,640 22,188 22,613 | NM02 01 NM02 02 NM02 03 NM02 04 | 25,331 25,776 26,223 26,670 | 8,213 8,172 8,071 8,093 | 4,177 4,136 4,035 4,057 |
Staff Nurse ODP 2nd level RN | Band 4 | 19,333 20,554 21,176 21,798 | 23,369 24,664 25,411 26,157 | NM03 01 NM03 02 NM03 03 NM03 04 | 29,242 29,782 30,322 30,861 | 9,909 9,228 9,146 9,063 | 5,873 5,118 4,911 4,704 |
Senior Staff Nurse Senior OPD Midwife | Band 5 | 24,554 25,472 26,483 27,534 | 29,464 30,566 31,779 33,040 | NM04 01 NM04 02 NM04 03 NM04 04 | 34,870 35,573 36,276 36,982 | 10,316 10,101 9,793 9,448 | 5,406 5,007 4,497 3,942 |
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Sister/Ch Nurse Deputy Clinical Mgr Specialist Nurse Senior Midwife | Band 6 | 30,460 31,454 32,573 34,189 | 36,552 37,671 38,790 40,406 | NM05 01 NM05 02 NM05 03 NM05 04 | 40,555 41,431 42,311 43,193 | 10,095 9,977 9,738 9,004 | 4,003 3,760 3,521 2,787 |
Senior Sister Clinical Manager Tm Leader Midwife Specialist Nurse | Band 7 | 36,303 37,545 38,851 40,157 | 42,520 43,762 45,068 46,373 | NM06 01 NM06 02 NM06 03 NM06 04 | 46,351 47,322 48,292 49,262 | 10,048 9,777 9,441 9,105 | 3,831 3,560 3,224 2,889 |
Charge Nurse/Sister Ward Manager Dept Manager Lead Nurse | Band 8A | 41,772 43,388 45,254 46,621 | 47,989 49,605 51,471 52,838 | NM07 01 NM07 02 NM07 03 NM07 04 | 50,812 51,780 52,752 53,722 | 9,040 8,392 7,498 7,101 | 2,823 2,175 1,281 0,884 |
Senior Nurse Mgr Op Services Mgr Consultant Nurse | Band 8B | 48,983 51,718 54,454 55,945 | 55,200 57,935 60,671 62,162 | NM08 01 NM08 02 NM08 03 NM08 04 | 54,015 55,172 56,327 57,482 | 5,032 3,454 1,873 1,537 | (1,185) (2,763) (4,344) (4,680) |