Written Statement·Commons·Department of Health and Social Care·HCWS1340

NHS Agenda for Change Workforce

12 February 2026

Wes Streeting

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Labour

Statement

Today, I am announcing that from April 2026, over 1.4 million NHS staff on Agenda for Change (AfC) Terms and Conditions will receive a 3.3 per cent pay rise.The uplift is above the Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast inflation of 2.2 per cent for ...