NHS Earnings publication group name
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Payroll Group in ESR Data Warehouse
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Payroll Group Definition
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Basic Pay |
Salary / Basic Pay |
Pay for contracted time. |
Payments for Additional Activity |
Additional Standard Time |
Additional time between the Contracted and the Standard FTE for the grade. Includes time in lieu, etc. |
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Additional PA |
Payment made for additional Programed Activities (PA's) performed by Consultant Doctors. This does not include extra sessions (or work done under the old contract) they are included in the 'Additional Standard Time' Payroll Group. |
Band Supplement |
Band Supplement |
Junior Doctors receive a multiplier to their basic salary based on a number of factors which correspond to the number of hours worked, availability for on call and the antisocial hours they work. |
Medical Awards |
Clinical Excellence Awards |
Specific payment made under the new Medical Consultant contract. |
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Discretionary Points |
Discretionary points awarded to Medical Consultants under the old contract that have not been subsumed into Clinical Excellence Awards |
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Distinction Awards |
Distinction Awards given to Medical Consultants under the old contract that have not been subsumed into Clinical Excellence Awards |
Geographic Allowances |
Geographic Allowance |
A payment relating to cost of living normally based on a geographical area. Includes London Weighting, Cost of Living Supplement (COLS) and Agenda for Change High Cost Area payments. |
Local Payments |
Local |
Any payroll element created and paid by an individual organisation rather than part of the national ESR solution. |
On Call |
On Call/Standby |
Any form of payment for staff either on-call or standing-by, whether on Whitley Council or Agenda for Change terms. It includes payments made when staff are actually called into work. |
Overtime |
Overtime/ADH |
Any payment for additional time beyond the standard FTE for the grade. (In determining Payroll Groups this one takes priority over others - any Overtime payment would go here. For example the Element 'ASC Alt Shift OT PAY NHS' would normally go under Shift Working/flexibility but since it has the OT tag it goes under Overtime/ADH.) |
RRP |
RRP General |
Any form of Recruitment and Retention Premium (RRP) excluding those funded from the Department of Health (known as general). |
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RRP Long Term |
Any form of Recruitment and Retention Premium (RRP) funded from the Department of Health (known as general). |
Shift Work Payments |
Shift Working |
Any form of payment for unsocial hours and shift working. Includes night, weekend and bank holiday time. Includes Agenda for Change payments for outside normal hours work. |
Other Payments |
Bonus/PRP |
Any form of bonus or performance related pay. Excludes discretionary points, distinction awards and clinical excellence awards which are grouped separately. |
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Directors of Public Health Supplement |
Specific payment type made to Directors of Public Health. (Also known as Chief Officer's Supplement.) |
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Occupational Absence |
Occupational Pay for Adoption, Maternity, Paternity. (Excludes Statutory absence payments). |
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Other |
Any payment that does not fit into any of the other categories listed here, and redundancy payments. |
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Protected Pay |
Payments made to staff that have moved onto Agenda for Change but whose previous contracts provided higher pay overall. |