NHS management: Paid seven times more than nurses

Anger over NHS managers’ pay

Anger over NHS managers’ pay

By politics.co.uk staff

NHS managers have received an average pay increase of seven per cent, a new report has found.

The Incomes Data Services report into boardroom pay found senior managers have an average salary of £147,500.

Chief executives earned seven times the salary of nurses, the report found.

Unions have questioned the above-inflation salary rises when ordinary workers face lower rises and tough years ahead.

Senior managers cite the complex nature of NHS trusts and argue that only a select few individuals have the necessary skills to successfully manage such immense systems.