Notes: 
PAYSCALE CODE is the same as attribute PAYSCALE CODE.

A unique identifier of PAYSCALE.

The format for national codes is "NHSaannn", where 'NHS' is a literal text string, and 'aannn' is a 2-character and 3-digit string corresponding to nationally-recognised codes maintained by the Department of Health. Local codes have the format "nnnaaaaa", where 'nnn' is a 3-digit code (maintained by the Electronic Staff Record system) corresponding to the relevant ORGANISATION CODE, and 'aaaaa' refers to the appropriate local PAYSCALE code.

Note that local PAYSCALE CODES will be phased-out, as the Agenda for Change programme implements consistent national PAYSCALES across the entire NHS.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	PAYSCALE CODES