Reduced Working Week – 36 Hours

January 28, 2026

The table below can be used for reference of how hours for a member of staff have changed between the original 37.5 hour working week, and the 36 hour working week.

Please reference the latest NHS Circular for the Reduction in the working week for Agenda for Change staff in NHS Scotland for more information.

You can also see an exhaustive list of hours if your own working pattern is not listed in the summary table below!

37.5 Hour Contract			37 Hour Contract (2024–2026)			36 Hour Contract (from Apr 2026)
Decimal	Hours	Minutes	Decimal	Hours	Minutes	Decimal	Hours	Minutes
37.5	37	30	37	37	0	36	36	0
37.25	37	15	36.75	36	45	35.76	35	46
37	37	0	36.51	36	30	35.52	35	31
36.75	36	45	36.26	36	16	35.28	35	17
36.5	36	30	36.01	36	1	35.04	35	2
36.25	36	15	35.77	35	46	34.8	34	48
36	36	0	35.52	35	31	34.56	34	34
35.75	35	45	35.27	35	16	34.32	34	19
35.5	35	30	35.03	35	2	34.08	34	5
35.25	35	15	34.78	34	47	33.84	33	50
35	35	0	34.53	34	32	33.6	33	36
34.75	34	45	34.29	34	17	33.36	33	22
34.5	34	30	34.04	34	2	33.12	33	7
34.25	34	15	33.79	33	48	32.88	32	53
34	34	0	33.55	33	33	32.64	32	38
33.75	33	45	33.3	33	18	32.4	32	24
33.5	33	30	33.05	33	3	32.16	32	10
33.25	33	15	32.81	32	48	31.92	31	55
33	33	0	32.56	32	34	31.68	31	41
32.75	32	45	32.31	32	19	31.44	31	26
32.5	32	30	32.07	32	4	31.2	31	12
32.25	32	15	31.82	31	49	30.96	30	58
32	32	0	31.57	31	34	30.72	30	43
31.75	31	45	31.33	31	20	30.48	30	29
31.5	31	30	31.08	31	5	30.24	30	14
31.25	31	15	30.83	30	50	30	30	0
31	31	0	30.59	30	35	29.76	29	46
30.75	30	45	30.34	30	20	29.52	29	31
30.5	30	30	30.09	30	6	29.28	29	17
30.25	30	15	29.85	29	51	29.04	29	2
30	30	0	29.6	29	36	28.8	28	48
29.75	29	45	29.35	29	21	28.56	28	34
29.5	29	30	29.11	29	6	28.32	28	19
29.25	29	15	28.86	28	52	28.08	28	5
29	29	0	28.61	28	37	27.84	27	50
28.75	28	45	28.37	28	22	27.6	27	36
28.5	28	30	28.12	28	7	27.36	27	22
28.25	28	15	27.87	27	52	27.12	27	7
28	28	0	27.63	27	38	26.88	26	53
27.75	27	45	27.38	27	23	26.64	26	38
27.5	27	30	27.13	27	8	26.4	26	24
27.25	27	15	26.89	26	53	26.16	26	10
27	27	0	26.64	26	38	25.92	25	55
26.75	26	45	26.39	26	24	25.68	25	41
26.5	26	30	26.15	26	9	25.44	25	26
26.25	26	15	25.9	25	54	25.2	25	12
26	26	0	25.65	25	39	24.96	24	58
25.75	25	45	25.41	25	24	24.72	24	43
25.5	25	30	25.16	25	10	24.48	24	29
25.25	25	15	24.91	24	55	24.24	24	14
25	25	0	24.67	24	40	24	24	0
24.75	24	45	24.42	24	25	23.76	23	46
24.5	24	30	24.17	24	10	23.52	23	31
24.25	24	15	23.93	23	56	23.28	23	17
24	24	0	23.68	23	41	23.04	23	2
23.75	23	45	23.43	23	26	22.8	22	48
23.5	23	30	23.19	23	11	22.56	22	34
23.25	23	15	22.94	22	56	22.32	22	19
23	23	0	22.69	22	42	22.08	22	5
22.74	22	44	22.44	22	26	21.83	21	50
22.5	22	30	22.2	22	12	21.6	21	36
22.25	22	15	21.95	21	57	21.36	21	22
22	22	0	21.71	21	42	21.12	21	7
21.75	21	45	21.46	21	28	20.88	20	53
21.5	21	30	21.21	21	13	20.64	20	38
21.25	21	15	20.97	20	58	20.4	20	24
21	21	0	20.72	20	43	20.16	20	10
20.75	20	45	20.47	20	28	19.92	19	55
20.5	20	30	20.23	20	14	19.68	19	41
20.25	20	15	19.98	19	59	19.44	19	26
20	20	0	19.73	19	44	19.2	19	12
19.75	19	45	19.49	19	29	18.96	18	58
19.5	19	30	19.24	19	14	18.72	18	43
19.25	19	15	18.99	18	60	18.48	18	29
19	19	0	18.75	18	45	18.24	18	14
18.75	18	45	18.5	18	30	18	18	0
18.5	18	30	18.25	18	15	17.76	17	46
18.25	18	15	18.01	18	0	17.52	17	31
18	18	0	17.76	17	46	17.28	17	17
17.75	17	45	17.51	17	31	17.04	17	2
17.5	17	30	17.27	17	16	16.8	16	48
17.25	17	15	17.02	17	1	16.56	16	34
17	17	0	16.77	16	46	16.32	16	19
16.75	16	45	16.53	16	32	16.08	16	5
16.5	16	30	16.28	16	17	15.84	15	50
16.25	16	15	16.03	16	2	15.6	15	36
16	16	0	15.79	15	47	15.36	15	22
15.75	15	45	15.54	15	32	15.12	15	7
15.5	15	30	15.29	15	18	14.88	14	53
15.25	15	15	15.05	15	3	14.64	14	38
15	15	0	14.8	14	48	14.4	14	24
14.75	14	45	14.55	14	33	14.16	14	10
14.5	14	30	14.31	14	18	13.92	13	55
14.25	14	15	14.06	14	4	13.68	13	41
14	14	0	13.81	13	49	13.44	13	26
13.75	13	45	13.57	13	34	13.2	13	12
13.5	13	30	13.32	13	19	12.96	12	58
13.25	13	15	13.07	13	4	12.72	12	43
13	13	0	12.83	12	50	12.48	12	29
12.75	12	45	12.58	12	35	12.24	12	14
12.5	12	30	12.33	12	20	12	12	0
12.25	12	15	12.09	12	5	11.76	11	46
12	12	0	11.84	11	50	11.52	11	31
11.75	11	45	11.59	11	36	11.28	11	17
11.5	11	30	11.35	11	21	11.04	11	2
11.25	11	15	11.1	11	6	10.8	10	48
11	11	0	10.85	10	51	10.56	10	34
10.75	10	45	10.61	10	36	10.32	10	19
10.5	10	30	10.36	10	22	10.08	10	5
10.25	10	15	10.11	10	7	9.84	9	50
10	10	0	9.87	9	52	9.6	9	36
9.75	9	45	9.62	9	37	9.36	9	22
9.5	9	30	9.37	9	22	9.12	9	7
9.25	9	15	9.13	9	8	8.88	8	53
9	9	0	8.88	8	53	8.64	8	38
8.75	8	45	8.63	8	38	8.4	8	24
8.5	8	30	8.39	8	23	8.16	8	10
8.25	8	15	8.14	8	8	7.92	7	55
8	8	0	7.89	7	54	7.68	7	41
7.75	7	45	7.65	7	39	7.44	7	26
7.5	7	30	7.4	7	24	7.2	7	12
7.25	7	15	7.15	7	9	6.96	6	58
7	7	0	6.91	6	54	6.72	6	43
6.75	6	45	6.66	6	40	6.48	6	29
6.5	6	30	6.41	6	25	6.24	6	14
6.25	6	15	6.17	6	10	6	6	0
6	6	0	5.92	5	55	5.76	5	46
5.75	5	45	5.67	5	40	5.52	5	31
5.5	5	30	5.43	5	26	5.28	5	17
5.25	5	15	5.18	5	11	5.04	5	2
5	5	0	4.93	4	56	4.8	4	48
4.75	4	45	4.69	4	41	4.56	4	34
4.5	4	30	4.44	4	26	4.32	4	19
4.25	4	15	4.19	4	12	4.08	4	5
4	4	0	3.95	3	57	3.84	3	50
3.75	3	45	3.7	3	42	3.6	3	36
3.5	3	30	3.45	3	27	3.36	3	22
3.25	3	15	3.21	3	12	3.12	3	7
3	3	0	2.96	2	58	2.88	2	53
2.75	2	45	2.71	2	43	2.64	2	38
2.5	2	30	2.47	2	28	2.4	2	24
2.25	2	15	2.22	2	13	2.16	2	10
2	2	0	1.97	1	58	1.92	1	55
1.75	1	45	1.73	1	44	1.68	1	41
1.5	1	30	1.48	1	29	1.44	1	26
1.25	1	15	1.23	1	14	1.2	1	12
1	1	0	0.99	0	59	0.96	0	58