Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the salary band for the Chief Executive of the NHS East of England, in 2026-27.

There is no Chief Executive for NHS East of England in the current organisational structure. Currently the members of East of England senior management team consists of regional Executive Senior Managers (ESMs).

The ESM pay framework describes the salaries of the most senior health leaders in the Department’s arm’s length bodies, the pay bands, which are based on grade, are available at the following link:

https://faq-hrss.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/knowledgebase/article/KA-23569/en-us

Regional Directors are graded at ESM3 level.

The change programme to implement the new Model Region operating model is currently underway. As part of this programme, it is proposed that the Regional Director role will be retitled as Regional Chief Executive. NHS England will respond to the consultation on this proposed change in due course.