NHS Boardroom Pay Report 2008

What’s in the report?

Hospital trust chief executives' pay analysis

This section contains aggregate tables giving a breakdown of remuneration. It shows minima and maxima, interquartile ranges, medians and averages for basic salary, benefits, other remuneration and total remuneration by:

• trust income
• trust type
• employee numbers
• region

Detailed analysis by named trust

Listings by named trust of chief executive pay levels by region and by type of trust:

• acute
• specialist hospital
• ambulance service
• mental health care trust
• Foundation trust

Other directors' remuneration

Analysis by trust income and trust type of the remuneration for other major posts, including

• finance directors
• medical directors
• HR directors
• nursing directors
• clinical directors
• operations directors
• planning directors
• facilities directors
• non-executive chairman
• non-executive directors

Analysis of foundation trusts and non-executive directors

The NHS continues to undergo major changes as more and more trusts seek foundation status, but what is happening to executive remuneration now that these trusts have a greater level of independence?

The report examines over 90 per cent of foundation trusts providing a detailed picture of what is happening within these new types of trust. In addition and related to this, with the increased level of independence accompanying moves to foundation status the role of non-executive directors will surely become more prominent. For this reason, for the first time the report examines the level of fees for both non-executive chairmen and directors.

A source you can rely on

The NHS Boardroom Pay Report 2008 is compiled by the research team which produces the monthly IDS Executive Compensation Review. Previous editions of this research report have been widely used by members of NHS trust remuneration committees, consultants and HR specialists involved in the complex field of NHS boardroom rewards. It has become established as an authoritative source of reliable, clearly presented information.