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Plans for fair pay agreements in adult social care (easy read)

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Department of Health and Social Care
PublishedPublished:
21 November 2025
Last updated:
16 July 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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Introducing fair pay agreements for adult social care workers (easy read)

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Detail of outcome

We asked people what they thought about our ideas for a ‘fair pay agreement’ for adult social care workers.

A fair pay agreement would make sure adult social care workers are paid enough money for the important work they do.

This booklet tells you what people said about our ideas and what we have decided to do.

This includes:

  • who will be members of the body that will make decisions about fair pay agreements
  • how decisions will be made
  • who the fair pay agreement will apply to

Original consultation

Summary

We want to know what you think about our plans for fair pay agreements in adult social care.

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Consultation description

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) wants to hear from people about fair pay agreements.

We want to know how you think a fair pay agreement for adult social care workers should be agreed. Your answers will help DHSC understand what people think about:

  • the group that talks about pay, called the Adult Social Care Negotiating Body
  • the steps to agree pay
  • who and what is included in the agreement
  • how to solve problems if people disagree
  • how to put the agreement in place
  • how to make sure the rules are followed

The consultation is open for 15 weeks.

Follow the ‘Respond online’ link in the ‘Ways to respond’ box below to tell us your ideas.

Or you can print one of the documents and post it with your answers to:

Adult Social Care Fair Pay Agreement Team
6th floor, 39 Victoria Street
Westminster
London
SW1H 0EU

There is also a non-easy read version of this survey.

Documents

Background information about our plans for fair pay agreements in adult social care

PDF, 20.7 MB, 42 pages

Survey about our plans for fair pay agreements in adult social care

PDF, 20.9 MB, 97 pages

Ways to respond

Respond online

Updates to this page

Published 21 November 2025
Last updated 16 July 2026 — Show all updates

  1. Added consultation outcome.

  2. First published.

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