Where a nurse/midwife is promoted to a higher grade s/he is placed on an appropriate point of the salary scale applicable to that grade. This process is known as assimilation. Depending on the circumstances a nurse/midwife may be placed on either:-

• the minimum point of the new salary scale; or
• the minimum point of the new salary sclae, plus one increment; or
• the point on the new scale which is nearest but not below existing pay, plus one increment; or
• the point on the new scale, which is nearest but not below existing pay, plus two increments.