Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the salary bands are for the (a) Joint Chief Executive, (b) Chief Operating Officer – Hospital Services, (c) Chief Operating Officer – Neighbourhoods, Mental Health and Families, (d) Chief Nurse, (e) Chief Medical Officer, (f) Chief Finance Officer and (g) other members of the senior leadership of the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust for the 2022-23 financial year.

Owing to data protection reasons, individual salaries cannot be disclosed without the individual’s consent. Salaries of directors are published in annual reports in £5k bands. NHS England provides pay guidance for very senior managers at Foundation Trusts which is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/guidance-on-pay-for-very-senior-managers/

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is classified as an ‘extra-large’ acute provider and that Foundation Trusts hold statutory power over pay.

The Department cannot comment on individual trusts and does not hold the information required.