Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Assessing the impact of a new health sector pay system upon NHS staff in England | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Research Assessing the impact of a new health sector pay system upon NHS staff in England James Buchan 1 2 and David Evans3 Open Access Address 1Queen Margaret University Edinburgh Scotland EH21 6UU UK 2Kings Fund Cavendish Square London W1G 0AN UK and 3Capita Health Services Partners Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 5PR UK Email James Buchan - jbuchan@ David Evans - Corresponding author Published 30 June 2008 Received 25 November 2007 Human Resources for Health 2008 6 12 doi 1478-4491-6-12 Accepted 30 June 2008 This article is available from http content 6 1 12 2008 Buchan and Evans licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Background Pay and pay systems are a critical element in any health sector human resource strategy. Changing a pay system can be one strategy to achieve or sustain organizational change. This paper reports on the design and implementation of a completely new pay system in the National Health Service NHS in England. Agenda for Change constituted the largest-ever attempt to introduce a new pay system in the UK public services covering more than one million staff. Its objectives were to improve the delivery of patient care as well as enhance staff recruitment retention and motivation and to facilitate new ways of working. Methods This study was the first independent assessment of the impact of Agenda for Change at a local and national level. The methods used in the research were a literature review review of grey unpublished documentation provided by key stakeholders in the process analysis of .
