Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 81858

Phlebotomy: Pay

Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase the pay of band two phlebotomists.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Phlebotomists in England are paid on the Agenda for Change (AfC) pay scale which is underpinned by the Job Evaluation Scheme (JES). The JES is a structured method of comparing job demands as set out in the job documentation, for example the job descriptio...
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