- Conference
- 2003 Health Care Service Group Conference
- Date
- 1 December 2002
- Decision
- Carried
Conference at a time when NHS staff suffer injury as a direct result of assault and are absent from work for some time, they often suffer financial detriment.
At present Temporary Injury Allowance is paid @ 85% of average earnings based on the previous twelve months. This is a significant drop in earnings at a time when they are injured and sometime traumatised by events.
NHS Pensions Agency confirm that Temporary Injury Allowance is not subject to NI or Pensions contributions, therefore should a members sole income be Temporary Injury Allowance, this can have long term implications.
We call upon Conference to campaign for full entitlements, no loss of benefits to NHS staff in this situation.