It’s called a high cost supplement but it’s essentially tied to bracknells closeness to London so essentially London weighting but with a different name
It's more due to the NHS trust they are attached to, Bracknell is historically attached to Wrexham Park in Slough for their major hospital, not the Royal Berks IIRC. (used to live there a few years ago and my NHS trust was the one for Slough and Maidenhead, not the Reading/Royal Berks trust).
From what I can tell it's down to how Berkshire is divided up in terms of Unitary authorities, Bracknell (and Ascot) are actually very close to Windsor, Maidenhead and Slough. Wokingham/Winnersh/Earley/Woodley are all considered to be "Closer" to Reading from a local government POV due to how the Tories split the county up back in the 80s (they were trying to get rid of the Labour-Led Berkshire County Council, in favour of the mostly Tory led (at the time) District councils in the area (as I remember it, Reading council was Tory-led around the time).
what percentage do you receive? my office is in central London, so I have 20%
[https://faq.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/knowledgebase/article/KA-23439/en-us](https://faq.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/knowledgebase/article/KA-23439/en-us)
I get 5% for working in Wokingham, as that classes as “fringe”. I don’t get any London weighting for any other part of West Berkshire. We have a different team based in the East (that covers Bracknell/Maidenhead/Slough), so not sure what they get.
I used to work as a teacher and asked for my pay to be the same as teachers in Bracknell who got fringe pay. I know Oxford has high living costs so they get extra, hopefully Reading gets it as well soon
I think it depends on what company my MIL worked for DWP as a PIP assessor nurse and she got London weighting if she was in RG1 (maybe elsewhere but we didn't check)
https://preview.redd.it/cyv9m8jvt05d1.png?width=1151&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c4389a2bae3cf63c8f6d9be5f9b13bf799095c5
This is what's referenced in agenda for change regarding high cost living... And yes SHA and PCT were abolished over 10 years ago,
Apparently, Reading used to get 5% fringe allowance. However, the tories took it out in 2011. London weighting ends at Cemetery Junction which is a shame as Royal Berks is just a few mins walk away 😢.
I hope they bring it back in the future considering how Reading is quite pricey nowadays.
It is to do with how Reading has grown. Reading Borough Council doesn't contain vast swaths of what most would consider part of Reading. Almost all of Lower Earley, Woodley, Calcot, Purley and even parts of Whitley & Tilehurst are not in Reading Council area.
What has happened, especially by Wokingham Council, is that the neighbouring Authorities have designated areas for house building, as dictated by Government quotas, around Reading & Bracknell rather than Wokingham, or Reading & Theale rather than Newbury / Thatcham. Predominately due to the pressure from NIMBYs.
For statistical purposes, Bracknell is considered part of the London metropolitan area, whereas Reading forms part of it's own one, if I remember rightly.
Bracknell gets London weighting?
I work with the NHS in Reading area and I know Bracknell Paramedics get London Weighting and its part of the London fringe
Bracknell doesn't receive the full London weighting, only receives 5% as opposed to 20% in London.
It’s called a high cost supplement but it’s essentially tied to bracknells closeness to London so essentially London weighting but with a different name
It's more due to the NHS trust they are attached to, Bracknell is historically attached to Wrexham Park in Slough for their major hospital, not the Royal Berks IIRC. (used to live there a few years ago and my NHS trust was the one for Slough and Maidenhead, not the Reading/Royal Berks trust). From what I can tell it's down to how Berkshire is divided up in terms of Unitary authorities, Bracknell (and Ascot) are actually very close to Windsor, Maidenhead and Slough. Wokingham/Winnersh/Earley/Woodley are all considered to be "Closer" to Reading from a local government POV due to how the Tories split the county up back in the 80s (they were trying to get rid of the Labour-Led Berkshire County Council, in favour of the mostly Tory led (at the time) District councils in the area (as I remember it, Reading council was Tory-led around the time).
I also work for the NHS in Reading and I get London weighting for working in Wokingham
what percentage do you receive? my office is in central London, so I have 20% [https://faq.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/knowledgebase/article/KA-23439/en-us](https://faq.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/knowledgebase/article/KA-23439/en-us)
I get 5% for working in Wokingham, as that classes as “fringe”. I don’t get any London weighting for any other part of West Berkshire. We have a different team based in the East (that covers Bracknell/Maidenhead/Slough), so not sure what they get.
so not London weighting? There are 3 levels from what I've googled. It's Inner London - 20% It's Outer London - 10% Fringe (what you have) - 5%
Yes - these are all classed as types of London Weighting.
I used to work as a teacher and asked for my pay to be the same as teachers in Bracknell who got fringe pay. I know Oxford has high living costs so they get extra, hopefully Reading gets it as well soon
Can confirm as an Oxford teacher you don’t get more.
Oxford NHS doesn’t get extra for high living costs sadly :( didn’t know teachers got it here!
We don’t.
RIP.
This gets mentioned a lot in my workplace as they are considering moving our official registered workplace to Bracknell.
I think it depends on what company my MIL worked for DWP as a PIP assessor nurse and she got London weighting if she was in RG1 (maybe elsewhere but we didn't check)
What a piss take
https://preview.redd.it/cyv9m8jvt05d1.png?width=1151&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c4389a2bae3cf63c8f6d9be5f9b13bf799095c5 This is what's referenced in agenda for change regarding high cost living... And yes SHA and PCT were abolished over 10 years ago,
If you work for Network Rail you get outer London weighting
Apparently, Reading used to get 5% fringe allowance. However, the tories took it out in 2011. London weighting ends at Cemetery Junction which is a shame as Royal Berks is just a few mins walk away 😢. I hope they bring it back in the future considering how Reading is quite pricey nowadays.
I've heard that London weighting ends at cemetery junction (so very close to the hospital). It is a joke.
It is to do with how Reading has grown. Reading Borough Council doesn't contain vast swaths of what most would consider part of Reading. Almost all of Lower Earley, Woodley, Calcot, Purley and even parts of Whitley & Tilehurst are not in Reading Council area. What has happened, especially by Wokingham Council, is that the neighbouring Authorities have designated areas for house building, as dictated by Government quotas, around Reading & Bracknell rather than Wokingham, or Reading & Theale rather than Newbury / Thatcham. Predominately due to the pressure from NIMBYs.
That enrages me it’s so unfair, why isn’t this a big election issue, if I was a MP for Reading this would be a pledge of mine
For statistical purposes, Bracknell is considered part of the London metropolitan area, whereas Reading forms part of it's own one, if I remember rightly.