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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current average starting pay for (a) hospital cleaners, (b) hospital porters and (c) trainee medical laboratory science officers in the NHS. [113195] Mr. Denham: [holding answer 6 March 2000]: It is not possible to identify separately the average starting pay for hospital porters or cleaners on national terms and conditions. It is a matter for individual employers to determine the appropriate pay scales for each occupational group within the ancillary pay structure, based upon the grading definitions contained within the Ancillary Staffs Handbook. The current pay scale for Trainee Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers (MLSOs) is: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Pay scale £ 00 7,476 01 7,726 02 7,988 03 8,260 04 8,544 05 8,839 06 9,146 07 9,463 08 9,796 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Pay is negotiated in the Professional and Technical Staffs B Whitley Council. The NHS Management Side has offered to improve the pay of Trainee MLSOs. If accepted this offer would produce a new pay scale for Trainee MLSOs, effective from 1 April 1999, of: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Pay scale £ 00 9,420 01 9,747 02 10,090 03 10,443 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

346 c299W; 113195

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Ancillary staff NHS Pay Medical laboratory scientific officers Laboratories Technicians

Contains statistics

Yes