Remuneration for executive directors and non-executive directors

Remuneration for executive directors

These individuals are employed on contracts of service and are substantive employees of the Trust. Their contracts are permanent which have termination of notice clauses by either party of three months (dependent upon individual’s contractual terms).

There are no compensatory arrangements for senior managers in the event of their termination by the Trust other than those specified within the Agenda for Change national terms and conditions. The Trust’s normal disciplinary policy applies to senior managers, including the sanction of summary dismissal for gross misconduct. The pay costs incurred on members of the Trust Board is included in the single total figure table in the Annual Accounts. The levels of remuneration for executive directors and non-executive directors were established in line with national salary surveys obtained from the then Foundation Trust Network and Capita on first becoming a foundation trust on 1 October 2007.

The Trust continues to benchmark against the NHS Providers annual benchmarking data. The Trust has not sought any consultation with employees in regard to senior manager remuneration. The ATS committee has in place an executive directors’ remuneration policy which provides for inflationary uplifts in line with those awarded to staff on Agenda for Change pay scales (where differential awards are made, the Band 9 award will apply to the executive directors).

All executive directors (with the exception of the medical director), receive an annual salary which does not include an option for performance related pay.

All senior managers with the exception of executive directors are remunerated on national Agenda for Change terms and conditions. The Trust deems this to be economically appropriate to the prevailing employment conditions with the NHS. The medical director has a job split between a clinical role and medical director role and received nationally applied enhancements to their Trust salary.

The names of the Chair and members of the Board committees and their regularity of attendance at meetings are disclosed in Accountability Report.

Remuneration for non-executive directors

The Trust moved to follow mandatory guidance on Non-Executive Director remuneration (issued in November 2019), and no inflationary or other local awards were made 2023/24.

The components for remuneration for non-executive directors are set out in the table below:

* This figure is net of employer’s national insurance contributions

There are no obligations on the Trust which relate to senior manager service contracts.