Despite an increase in staff numbers and warnings from Health Secretary Wes Streeting, NHS managers' salaries have surged by over £1.1 billion, while performance targets for waiting lists, cancer treatment, and response times continue to be missed. A recent survey reveals widespread concern about the state of the health service, with 83% of Britons expressing major worries.
NHS managers' salaries have soared by more than £1.1 billion, despite repeated failures to hit targets, the Mail can reveal.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has warned that failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they fail to make improvements. NHS managers' salaries have soared by more than £1.1 billion, despite repeated failures to hit targets. Pictured: Health Secretary Wes Streeting
'Crumbling hospitals and ancient computers are surely part of the reason managers are struggling to make change, but the Health Secretary must dig deeper if patients are to get the care they need. This rose to 65 per cent who answered 'no' when asked if they were confident any improvements would be made in the next 12 months.
The figures include all employees classed as 'managers' or 'senior managers', with the latter earning an average of £90,144 a year, up from £77,415 in 2015. He said poorly performing managers meant too many doctors were pulled away from delivering care to perform administrative tasks, which was an inefficient use of their time.
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