NHS Mat leave

[sorintinkerbell]

Does any one here work for the nhs and know about their mat leave policy? Just looking for a general bit of info

Hi, I think you need to have been working there a year to get the additional NHS pay, over SMP, and then have to work there for 3 months when you come back to keep the extra money. I'm not sure if the exact values of the extra pay though.

If you Google agenda for change handbook it has the policy

I think it’s 8 weeks full pay and 16weeks half pay+SMP. My trust allowed me to split mine over 9months then covered the rest with my annual leaveand had 11.5 months off with fairly decent pay 👍🏼

I have the policy in front of me now because I've been reading it myself ha

Your trusts extranet will have your trusts policy on but the general (if you qualify) is: 52 weeks off consisting of: 8weeks full pay, 18weeks 1/2 pay+SMP, the next 13 weeks SMP only, then a further 13 weeks unpaid.

Yep as above! Quite lucky with how well the mat pay is really. I’ll get 6 months on a more or less full time wage. Currently trying to figure out if I can afford 9 months off or stretch to a year which would be ideal. X

Yeah I'm spreading it out over the year so I get paid every month

As @bees1 says above. Although your maternity pay is calculated from what you earn between 18-26 weeks of pregnancy