title: Making sense of the agenda for change. Modernising the NHS pay system.
abstract: The government has announced its intention to reorganise the pay structure of the NHS. Three years on from the launch of the initiative, NATN Professional Officer, John Beesley, explains why the government decided on the undertaking, its implications for perioperative practitioners, and why nurses need to make their views and opinions known.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beesley
mesh_terms: D003098:Collective Bargaining; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D006113:United Kingdom