Nhs fixed term contract and maternity

[jesswhitesocks]

I'm 7 months into a 2 year fixed term contract with the NHS - if I was to get pregnant in the summer where would I stand with maternity leave?

Say June 2020 give birth Feb 2021 in theory
I would have only 4 months left on my contract- would I still get my six months maternity leave?

Yes you would, the section of the AFC handbook you want is 15.83 here . You won't necessarily get to come back after your maternity leave if the FTC would have naturally expired during your leave, but if they would have extended the contract had you not been on leave, they should do so anyway. And if they don't extend the contract, you don't have to repay the maternity pay...

"Employees subject to fixed-term or training contracts which expire after the 11th week before the expected week of childbirth, or the date of matching, or the 15th week before the baby’s due date if applying via a surrogacy arrangement, and who satisfy the relevant conditions in paragraphs 15.14, 15.15 or 15.17 shall have their contracts extended so as to allow them to receive the 52 weeks, which includes paid occupational and statutory maternity / adoption / shared parental pay, and the remaining 13 weeks of unpaid maternity / adoption / shared parental leave."

Thank you so much @maxelly