Stevenson & Ors v Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust [2021]

The claimants were employed by the respondent NHS Trust as Heads of Human Resources.  The issue initially arose in 2016 when the respondent participated in a joint working arrangement with two other NHS Trusts.  This led to a restructuring of the HR department across the trusts. The appellants sought a re-evaluation of their roles considering that those from other Trusts were at a higher grade.  This meant they were moved from Band 8a to Band 8b. In terms of the restructuring, the claimants’ roles were being removed and were being replaced by three new Head of Human Resources posts at a higher band of 8d. The claimants were told that their employment would come to