Publication - Advice and guidance

Facilities arrangements for trade unions and professional organisations: NHSScotland PIN Policy

Published: 6 December 2011
Directorate: Health Workforce Directorate
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781780454856

This Partnership Information Network (PIN) policy aims to ensure a fair and equitable approach to the granting of facilities time for trade union/professional organisation representatives and, where appropriate, how such time should be funded.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/NHS-Scotland/NHSQuality/QualityStrategy

2. Nottingham University Business School, 2011. Evaluating Labour-Management Partnership in NHSScotland: first-findings.

3. http://www.staffgovernance.scot.nhs.uk

4. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/7/contents

5. http://www.msg.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/Agenda-for-Change-Handbook-Master-Scottish-Copy-Amendment-24.pdf

6. This PIN Policy refers to facilities arrangements for accredited representatives of trade unions/professional organisations recognised within NHSScotland (a list of which, in addition to the British Medical Association, is provided in Section 40 of the Agenda for Change Terms & Conditions Handbook) http://www.msg.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/Agenda-for-Change-Handbook-Master-Scottish-Copy-Amendment-24.pdf

7. http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/mels/1999_59.htm

8. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/7/contents

9. http://www.staffgovernance.scot.nhs.uk

10. The legislation and ACAS Code of Practice refers only to trade unions. However, for the purposes of this PIN Policy and NHSScotland read trade unions/professional organisations

11. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/contents

12. http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2391

13. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/37/contents

14. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/500/contents/made

15. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1513/contents/made

16. http://books.hse.gov.uk/hse/public/saleproduct.jsf?catalogueCode=9780717663118

17. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/contents

18. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/18/contents

19. http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2391

20. http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2391

21. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/contents

22. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/52/contents