As with the consultant’s contract cost, this will be covered by the overall uplift in allocations to health boards outlined above.On funding to help with implementation of pay modernisation, three specific funding packages have been provided by the Executive to assist boards in delivering Agenda for Change and the consultant and GMS contracts.We have allocated £3.5 million to NHS boards in Scotland for the period 2003-05to support the establishment of pay modernisation teams in each local NHS systemwhich will oversee the implementation of the three strands of pay modernisation.Allocations by NHS board are shown in Table 1 below.