Annual Report and Accounts - The Great Western Hospital

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2012
7. Employee costs and numbers
7.1 Employee Expenses
Year Ended 31 March 2012
Year Ended 31 March 2011
Total Permanently
Employed
Other incl
agency
Total Permanently
Employed
Other incl
agency
£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000
Salaries and wages 144,146 140,338 3,808 100,119 96,515 3,604
Social security costs 10,810 10,810 0 7,711 7,711 0
Pension costs - defined contribution plans Employers
contributions to NHS pensions 17,028 17,028 0 11,600 11,600 0
171,984 168,176 3,808 119,430 115,826 3,604
7.2 Average number of employees
Year Ended 31 March 2012
Year ended 31 March 2011
Total Permanently
Employed
Other incl
agency
Total Permanently
Employed
Other incl
agency
Number Number Number Number Number Number
Medical and dental 473 464 9 465 437 28
Administration and estates 1,216 1,181 35 764 739 25
Healthcare assistants and other support staff 901 900 1 607 573 34
Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff 1,892 1,797 95 1,208 1,166 42
Nursing, midwifery and health visiting learners 5 5 0 2 2 0
Scientific, therapeutic and technical staff 680 667 13 395 391 4
5,168 5,014 154 3,441 3,308 133
As part of Transforming Community Services Agreement 2,100 staff transferred form NHS Wiltshire on 1 June 2011.
7.3 Key Management Compensation Year Ended Year Ended
31 March 31 March
2012 2011
£000 £000
Salaries and short term benefits 785 687
Social Security Costs 81 72
Employer contributions to NHSPA 82 79
948 838
Key management compensation consists entirely of the emoluments of the Board of Directors of the NHS Foundation Trust. Full details of Directors'
remuneration and interests are set out in the Directors' Remuneration Report which is a part of the annual report and accounts.
There are currently six Directors to whom pension benefits are accruing under defined benefit schemes.
7.4 Highest Paid Director
Executive Name & Title Salary
Total remuneration
2011/12 2010/11
Dr A F Troughton, Medical Director £194,218 £184,726
The above remuneration is on an annualised basis and is that of the highest paid director. This includes salary, performance related pay, severance
payments and benefits in kind where applicable but excludes employer pension contributions. The Medical Director was Acting Chief Executive for the
period May to September 2011.
7.5 Multiple Statement
2011/12 2010/11 % change
Highest paid director's total remuneration £194,218 £184,726 5.1%
Median total remuneration £28,702 £26,146 9.8%
Ratio 6.77 7.07 -4.2%
All NHS Foundation Trusts are required to disclose the relationship between the remuneration of the highest paid director in their organisation and the
median remuneration of the organisations workforce. The median total remuneration above is the total remuneration of the staff member lying in the
middle of the linear distribution of staff employed in the Trust, excluding the highest paid director. This is based on an annualised full time total staff
equivalent remuneration as at the reporting period date.The movement in the above ratio of -4.2% is due to the increased staff numbers through the
merger with Wiltshire Community Services.
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