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<p>The Whitley Council allowance for “<em>nursing patients with infectious communicable
diseases</em>” ended when Agenda for Change (AfC) started in December 2004.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is because AfC pay bands are related to the National Health
Service job evaluation scheme. AfC was designed to ensure equal pay for staff carrying
out work rated as ‘equivalent’ or ‘of equal value’. Factors which determined the need
for Whitley allowances are measured in AfC by job evaluation. This determines the
pay band which feeds through to pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Decisions relating
to the banding of NHS staff, including nurses and midwives, are matters for the NHS
organisation concerned as the employer. They are best placed to determine the content
of individual jobs.</p><p> </p>
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