NHS shared parental leave pay

[Becsim]

Does anyone have any experience of NHS shared parental leave?
I have read the guidance and I’m worried i’m too optimistic with my understanding of it.

For context, I am a teacher so get reasonable pay for 18 weeks then the remaining 21 weeks just smp. My husband works for the NHS.

From my understanding, he could take some time off using shared parental leave and he’d be eligible for some element of OMP. (If he took it when I’d technically ended my mat leave.) Something like half pay+SMP as long as I haven’t used up all of our statutory allowance.

This seems too good to be true. Does anyone have any experience? Thank you!

GP practices each have their own policies so you would have to check with your own employer. The practice I work for offer statutory maternity pay only!

Thank you, mine offers an enhanced package but DH's doesn't even seem to have any written policy about ShPL/P so guess we will have to dig and cross that bridge when we get to it (we are realistic and not hopeful!).

Hope you get it all sorted out ok OP and best wishes for the rest of your pregnancy and beyond.

@WeightoftheWorld it will be dependent on what your policies say.