NHS Scotland sick pay query

globetraveller

I have a friend who has just diagnosed with a serious illness. On top of everything she is worried about coping money wise. She says she has full sick pay for 3 months. I thought it was 6 months? Which is it please and if its only 3 months, is there anything else she can claim?

Caz3121

She should check her contract of employment for the sick pay detail. After that she should be able to receive Statutory sick pay. Any other benefits (eg help with rent) will depend on her personal circumstances

anamenottaken

globetraveller wrote: »

I have a friend who has just diagnosed with a serious illness. On top of everything she is worried about coping money wise. She says she has full sick pay for 3 months. I thought it was 6 months? Which is it please and if its only 3 months, is there anything else she can claim?

It depends on how much reckonable service she has.

Taken from the Agenda for Change Handbook found at http://www.paymodernisation.scot.nhs.uk/afc/tandcs/docs/Agenda%20for%20Change%20Handbook%20-%20Amendment%20Number%2017.pdf

Scale of allowances
14.2
Employees absent from work owing to illness will be entitled, subject to the conditions of this agreement, to receive sick pay in accordance with the scale below (see Section 12 for provisions governing reckonable service):
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during the first year of service – one month’s full pay and two months’ half pay;
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during the second year of service – two months’ full pay and two months’ half pay;
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during the third year of service – four months’ full pay and four months’ half pay;
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during the fourth and fifth years of service – five months’ full pay and five months’ half pay;
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after completing five years of service – six months’ full pay and six months’ half pay.
14.3
In the event of employment coming to an end, entitlement to sick pay ceases from the last day of employment.

globetraveller

thanks! She has been with the NHS for almost 30 years. When she said it was 3 months I thought there might have been a recent chamge. That's one less thing to worry about for the time being.