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ESR Payslip Fields and Formatting Information

Pay and Allowance Fields A list of all possible fields that can be included in the Pay and Allowance section of an ESR-generated payslip, including descriptions of when each field is used.

Deduction Fields A list of all possible fields that can be included in the Deduction section of an ESR-generated payslip, including descriptions of when each field is used.

Suffixes Definitions for common suffixes such as NT Not taxed, NP Not pensioned, etc.

NHS Payslip Formatting Confirmation on whether all NHS payslips produced through ESR follow the same formatting, regardless of the issuing NHS Trust or employer. API Plans

Information on any plans to develop an API for employees to access their own payslips.

Response

Pay and Allowance Fields and Deduction Fields

Information on payslip fields is available in the PAD manual which is held within the ESR user manual. Any ESR user who is logged in can view the authenticated content on the ESR Hub.

Suffixes

We do have a guide for employees to understand some of the information and abbreviations in their payslip available for public view on the ESR Hub: Browse Content - ESR Hub - NHS Electronic Staff Record

NHS Payslip Formatting

NHS payslips follow the same format; the only differences are use of the Welsh logo and the ability to provide payslips in Welsh language.

API

There are no plans to develop an API as all NHS employees have access to their online payslips through ESR self-service access.

Publishing this response

Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02091