NHS executives 'earn £35 million in pay rises' despite funding crisis
Some hospital bosses took home more than £1 million pounds last year, while others were accused of exploiting loopholes to maximise their pay packets
NHS executives earned more than £35
million in pay rises during the worst funding crisis for the health
service in a generation, it has emerged.
Some hospital bosses took home more than £1 million last year, while
others were accused of exploiting loopholes to maximise their pay
packets.
Analysis of trust accounts by the Daily Mail revealed that the number of executives paid more than the Prime Minister rose by 30 per cent last year to nearly 600.
Nearly 50 hospital bosses pocketed more than £400,000 last year despite standards of care slipping, the figures showed.
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• 'Stealth’ pay rises for NHS staff costing £1bn a year
Some were found to have played the system by ‘retiring’ for a day, then
returning to their posts full-time, allowing them to claim a huge
pension lump sum early.
Others were reported to have avoided tax on their earnings by channelling their salaries through private companies.
Professor Sir Brian Jarman, a senior Government health adviser, called for a public inquiry, saying bosses were manipulating the system.
He said: ‘It is wrong. It is as simple as that. They should be putting their attention on to lowering their death rates or seeing if there’s a problem with the quality of care rather than getting themselves higher incomes. That should be their priority. It is very worrying.”
Last night Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said a future Conservative government would launch an inquiry into the claims.
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Others were reported to have avoided tax on their earnings by channelling their salaries through private companies.
Professor Sir Brian Jarman, a senior Government health adviser, called for a public inquiry, saying bosses were manipulating the system.
He said: ‘It is wrong. It is as simple as that. They should be putting their attention on to lowering their death rates or seeing if there’s a problem with the quality of care rather than getting themselves higher incomes. That should be their priority. It is very worrying.”
Last night Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said a future Conservative government would launch an inquiry into the claims.
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