§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give figures based on current performance for the number of health service staff she expects will see earnings(a) fall and (b) rise as a result of the introduction of relating pay to performances.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe proposals made to staff sides and the professions who represented groups covered by NHS review bodies and included in pay offers to staff sides of non-review body groups would strengthen the links between rewards and performance of their local organisations. Such schemes would be locally determined and depend on the achievement of local objectives for the delivery of high quality services. I would expect average earnings to continue to rise.
§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many and what percentage of chief executives of national health service trusts in each of the last four years have been paid on a performance-related pay basis.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe pay of general and senior managers in the NHS in Scotland is related to performance. While the pay of a trust chief executive is determined by the remuneration committee of that trust, this is carried out within the context of the principles applying to general and senior managers' pay.
§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what specific analysis his Department has conducted on the cost and efficiency of introducing performance-related pay to clinical grades in the national health service.
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§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonImplementation of local pay arrangements is for NHS trusts to determine, taking into account the individual health care objectives contained in their agreed business plans. The assessment of the cost and efficiency of schemes is also for local determination.