Revealed: The eye-watering sums paid to interim NHS managers

Revealed: The eye-watering sums paid to interim NHS managers – including one chief executive who got £2,333 PER DAY

• Research conducted by the Health Service Journal found shocking pay scales   
• Eleven highlighted cases totaled more than £1,500,000 for the 2017-18 period
• Revelation comes as the NHS continues to struggle with resources and demand 

NHS trusts regularly splurge six-figure sums on interim managers, according to figures.

The Health Service Journal found a number of cases where short and mid-term employees were rewarded with huge pay packets.

Annual report data from more than 200 NHS trusts were assessed – with shocking results.

Specifically, eleven highlighted cases alone totaled more than £1,500,000 for the 2017-18 period.

Well-paid: Eileen Doyle (L) was paid £130,000 for seven months work, while Chris Bown received £70,000 for just six weeks of his time

Alan Yates was paid £55,000 for three months of work at Southern Health Foundation Trust

During a seven-month tenure at St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust, Mark Gordon cost £410,000 as interim chief operating officer – the equivalent of £700,000 per year. 

The same trust also compensated Richard Hancock with £300,000 for a nine-month stint as director of estates, facilities and capital projects.

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He was similarly paid £360,000 for the previous financial year, totaling a whopping £660,000 for both periods.

Meanwhile, Chris Bown, chief executive of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust, was paid £70,000 for just six weeks of work, which equates to a staggering £2,333 per day.

And Eileen Doyle, director of clinical services at South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust, was paid £130,000 for seven months.

At breaking-point? Earlier this year, in March, MPs warned that the NHS was in ‘survival mode’

The revelation comes as the NHS continues to struggle with both scarce resources and increasing demand. 

Earlier this year, in March, MPs warned that the NHS was in ‘survival mode’.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the NHS finances are in a ‘perilous state’ despite an emergency injection of cash.

Ministers, NHS England and NHS Improvement are ‘too focused on propping up the system and balancing the books’ and failing to create a long-term plan to improve patient services’, they said.

Under pressure: The revelation comes as the NHS continues to struggle with both scarce resources and increasing demand

Meg Hillier, who chairs the influential committee, urged ‘fresh thinking’ to address the NHS budget crisis as demand for services continues to grow.

She said: ‘The National Health Service continues to scrape by on emergency handouts and funds that were intended for essential investment.

‘We have said it before and we will say it again: rescue packages and budget transfers are no substitute for a coherent, properly funded strategy that enables NHS trusts to plan, focus on patient care and lay the groundwork for long-term financial sustainability.’ 

THE HIGHEST EARNERS 

– Jon Scott, chief operating officer at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust, was paid £110,000 for four months.   

– Bernie Bluhm, chief operating officer at East and North Herts Trust, was paid £135,000 for more than six months.

– Mark Gordon, chief operating officer at St George’s University Hospitals FT, was paid £410,000 for seven months.  

– Richard Hancock, director of estates, facilities and capital projects at St George’s University Hospitals FT, was paid £300,000 for nine months. 

– Chris Bown, chief executive of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust, was paid £70,000 for six weeks.  

– Mark Powis, chief operating officer at Sheffield Children’s FT, was paid £50,000 for ten weeks.

– Darren Cattell, director of finance for Medway FT, was paid £80,000 for four months. 

– Eileen Doyle, director of clinical services at South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust, was paid £130,000 for seven months.

– Tim Lynch, chief operating officer at University Hospitals of Leicester Trust, was paid £100,000 for six months.

– Peter Carter, chair at East Kent Hospitals University FT, was paid £80,000 for four and a half months.  

– Alan Yates, chair of Southern Health FT, was paid £55,000 for three months.

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