Consultants: Pay

(asked on 9th September 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate how many consultants earn more than the Prime Minister.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 19th September 2016

It is estimated that 8,000 consultants earn more than £142,500. This figure relates to the earnings of consultants employed by the NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) in England, and is based on NHS Earnings Estimates and Workforce Statistics published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).

Sources: HCHS Consultants earnings figures based on statistics published by the HSCIC, from NHS Electronic Staff Record data, in NHS Staff Earnings Estimates to December 2015. The NHS Electronic Staff Record is the HR and Payroll system used by almost all National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts in England. HCHS Consultant numbers published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre in NHS Workforce Statistics.

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