AQW 53672/11-16 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail how much his Department has spent on (i) the Return to Work for Nurses scheme; and (ii) a one per cent pay increase for nurses.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 1 February 2016
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 1 February 2016
- Answer due by
- 16 February 2016
- Answered
- 10 March 201638 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department commissions 32 places each year on the Return to Practice Programme at a cost of £39,372. This year an additional £83,666 of funding will pay for an extra 68 places on the Programme.
The 1% 2015/16 non-consolidated award, as announced on 8 January 2016 for Agenda for Change (AfC) staff, will cost an estimated £10 million.