Annual Report and Accounts - The Great Western Hospital

4.8.4 Additional disclosures
The Trust is required to disclose the median remuneration of its staff and the ratio between this and the mid-point of the banded remuneration
of the highest paid director; whether or not this is the Accounting Officer or Chief Executive. The calculation is based on full-time equivalent
staff of the Trust at the year end on an annualised basis. This information is set out below together with an explanation of the calculation,
including the causes of significant variances where applicable.
Extract of the accounts: -
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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