Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of employees of NHS England: Midlands are in the (a) ESM 1, (b) ESM 2, (c) ESM 3 and (d) ESM 4 salary bands.
Of the 961 staff employed in the NHS England Midlands region, 2.3% of employees in the region are at Executive Senior Manager (ESM) grades, none of whom are at ESM4. The following table shows the number and proportion of staff in the NHS England Midlands region who are at ESM grades, as of end of February 2025:
Grade | Number of staff | Percentage of regional staff |
ESM1 | 16 | 1.7% |
ESM2 | 5 | 0.5% |
ESM3 | 1 | 0.1% |
ESM4 | 0 | 0.0% |