NHS staff pay: 2024 to 2025

NHS Scotland pay bands, including Agenda for Change staff.


Specialty and Associate Specialist (SAS) doctors

Specialty and Associate Specialist (SAS) doctors across Scotland have voted to accept a £7.2 million investment in their pay, ensuring it remains competitive with other UK nations.

The pay deal will see uplifts of between 6% and 10%, backdated to 1 April 2024.

Examples of basic pay increases for 2024-25:

Specialty doctors

  • specialty doctors on pay point 3 will receive £4,166
  • specialty doctors on pay point 9 will receive £4,931
  • specialty doctors on pay point 14 will receive £5,441

Specialist doctors

  • specialist doctors on Pay Point 1 will receive £8,872
  • specialist doctors on Pay Point 3 will receive £6,719
  • specialist doctors on Pay Point 6 will receive £7,143

New 2024 to 2025 pay scale for Specialty and Specialist Doctors on 2022 contracts

Specialty doctors

Pay point

2023-2024 pay scale

2024-2025 pay scale

% uplift

£ uplift

0

£58,198

£61,690

6%

£3,492

1

£58,198

£61,690

6%

£3,492

2

£58,198

£61,690

6%

£3,492

3

£69,427

£73,593

6%

£4,166

4

£69,427

£73,593

6%

£4,166

5

£69,427

£73,593

6%

£4,166

6

£73,678

£78,099

6%

£4,421

7

£73,678

£78,099

6%

£4,421

8

£73,678

£78,099

6%

£4,421

9

£82,184

£87,115

6%

£4,931

10

£82,184

£87,115

6%

£4,931

11

£82,184

£87,115

6%

£4,931

12

£90,688

£96,129

6%

£5,441

13

£90,688

£96,129

6%

£5,441

14

£90,688

£96,129

6%

£5,441

15

£90,688

£96,129

6%

£5,441

16

£90,688

£96,129

6%

£5,441

17

£90,688

£96,129

6%

£5,441

Specialist doctors

Pay point

2023-2024 pay scale

2024-2025 pay scale

% uplift (rounded)

£ Uplift

0

£88,118

£96,990

10.07%

£8,872

1

£88,118

£96,990

10.07%

£8,872

2

£88,118

£96,990

10.07%

£8,872

3

£94,065

£100,784

7.14%

£6,719

4

£94,065

£100,784

7.14%

£6,719

5

£94,065

£100,784

7.14%

£6,719

6

£100,011

£107,154

7.14%

£7,143

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