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Circular NJC/2/26 – Pay award 2026

The NJC has agreed an increase of 3.8 per cent with effect from 1 July 2026. This circular contains the revised rates of pay from 1 July 2026.

Keeping healthy and well

Resources and tools that are about supporting people with a learning disability or autism to stay healthy and well

Funding

Key information about the financial arrangements underpinning Transforming Care and resources and tools to support local delivery. This page uses Easy read, a way of presenting information that makes it easier for people with learning disabilities and others who may struggle with standard text to understand.

Key policy

Government advice on making reasonable adjustments Under the Equality Act 2010, public sector organisations must make changes in their approach or

Making Safeguarding Personal development

MSP activity from 2012/13 includes the ‘temperature check’, an assessment of the progress of MSP in local areas in 2015 -17, alongside recommendations on embedding MSP, with many examples of good practice.

Good quality care and support

It is important that local services and support are developed that are of a good quality. They should meet the needs of people from that area now and in the future.

Co-production and personalisation

Approaches that make sure people have choice and control over the way their care and support is planned and delivered and that everyone is working together as equals.