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NHS – Salary & Benefits
NHS Band 5 pay scales from April 2020-21
Please note that the Band 5 salary for Registered Nurses is the same in every NHS Trust throughout the
UK. It may be advertised or packaged differently by some, but it is important to check these details
carefully. The starting band 5 salary is £24,907 per year. For each year worked as a band 5 nurse, your
salary will increase to the next increment on the scale. The salary quoted is for a standard NHS
contract of a 37.5-hour week and earnings will depend on additional income earned depending on
what shifts you work. See below for rates paid at nights and weekends.
Band 5 salary ranges from £24,907 - £30,61 basic per annum
Unsocial hours payments are additions to basic pay. These apply for staff whose work in standard hours,
within the normal 37.5 hour working week (section 10), is undertaken at the times, and on the days,
specified in the national agreement and shown in the table below.
The times and the rates of payment are:
UNSOCIAL HOURS PAYMENTS
All time on Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any weekday
after 8pm and before 6am
Time plus 30%
All time on Sundays and Public Holidays
(midnight to midnight)
Time plus 60%
Unsocial hours’ payments are worked out using basic salary including long-term recruitment and
retention premiums (RRPs), but excluding short-term RRPs, high cost area supplements, and all other
supplements and payments.
(Source: NHS Employers)
High Cost Area Supplements
Hospitals based in high cost living areas such as London pay a supplement to basic salary, meant to
assist with cost of living in high cost areas.
Please visit the following link for full details of NHS Terms & Conditions Handbook.
http://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook
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