NHS Pay
Every guide on what you're paid, and why.
Most NHS pay questions come down to the same handful of moving parts: your Agenda for Change band and pay point, any High Cost Area Supplement, unsocial hours or overtime enhancements on top, and then Income Tax, National Insurance and your NHS Pension contribution coming off before it lands in your account. The guides below break down each of those pieces individually — pay scales, the current pay rise, unsocial hours rates, doctors' pay structures and redundancy terms.
Want your own numbers rather than the national figures? Run your band and point through the free NHS Pay Calculator, then add any extra hours with the Overtime or Unsocial Hours calculators.
Agenda for Change Pay Scales 2026/27
Every band, every point, England/Wales/NI and Scotland.
NHS Pay Rise 2026/27
What was confirmed, when it lands, and what it means for your payslip.
Unsocial Hours Payments Explained
Nights, weekends and bank holidays — the exact Section 2 rates.
Doctors' Pay Explained
Resident doctor nodal points, consultant pay, and banding supplements.
NHS Redundancy Pay Explained
How Agenda for Change redundancy terms work, and what you're entitled to.
Pay is only half the story
See how your salary translates into NHS Pension growth, and what Pro adds on top.