NHS maintenance grades: 3.225% basic rise
Pay award: 3.225% basic rise Employees covered (nos.): maintenance workers (13,000)
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Building and maintenance workers employed by
the NHS have received a 3.225% pay rise in the second stage of a three-year
deal, effective from the beginning of the pay week in which 1 April 2004 falls.
The rise applies to salary scales,
Other changes to payments and allowances include:
London allowances are now set at £39.88 per week for staff employed in specified health authorities in the London zone; £17.52 per week for outer London health authorities specified in the "extra territorially managed and contiguous units"; and £5.04 per week for fringe areas, which includes health authorities in Berkshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent and Surrey.