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NHS pay rates
NHS Scotland pay band information, including Agenda for Change staff.
Consultants pay
Who this covers
This one-year pay agreement - covering 2024 to 2025 - applies to all NHS Scotland consultants and relevant clinical academics.
Main points
- 1 year pay deal covering 2024 to 2025
- 10.5% pay increase for all staff, backdated to 1 April 2024
- Discretionary Points increased from £3,204 to £3,600 per point
- related allowances also increased
- total investment of £124.9 million
NHS Scotland consultant pay points: 2024 to 2025
|
Pay point |
2023-2024 pay |
2024-2025 pay |
Increase |
|---|---|---|---|
|
0 |
£96,963 |
£107,144 |
£10,181 (10.5%) |
|
1 |
£99,011 |
£109,407 |
£10,396 (10.5%) |
|
2 |
£101,957 |
£112,662 |
£10,705 (10.5%) |
|
3 |
£104,906 |
£115,921 |
£11,015 (10.5%) |
|
4-8 |
£107,846 |
£119,170 |
£11,324 (10.5%) |
|
9-13 |
£114,846 |
£126,905 |
£12,059 (10.5%) |
|
14-18 |
£121,846 |
£134,640 |
£12,794 (10.5%) |
|
19 |
£128,841 |
£142,369 |
£13,528 (10.5%) |
Next steps
Working groups including BMA Scotland and NHS employers will work through 2025 to 2026 to:
- review consultant job plans to improve retention
- establish national rates for internal cover to reduce agency cost
You can see previous versions of this information at the gov.scot archive.