Chris, I have been banded and know what it would be but decided to turn it down as I would be worse off in the long term. I still have increments to go on my old NHS/Trust payscale but would have fewer increments under the AfC banding so this would put a lower cap on my salary.
I was told that all staff would be automatically transfered to Foundation Trust contract but am willing to be corrected on that if you know different. The reason I was told for the complete change was so that the Foundation Trust had complete control of its budget. If people remained on national AfC contracts and pay rates the Foundation Trust would not have control of part of its salary budget. The whole point of a Foundation Trust is that it can manage itself without external (government) interference.
Does anyone know for sure?
Robert
PS Have you seen the news about Ipswich Hospital which was finded for fast treatment? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/5237824.stm The BBC website also has information on new Foundation Trusts that have just been approved. Has anyone from one of these heard about their contracts?
My spelling is not bad. I am typing this on a Medigenic keyboard and I blame that for all my typos.
