title: Chief executives. Off limits.
abstract: Trust remuneration committees are paying chief executives above the limits recommended in Department of Health guidance. In doing so they are ignoring the government's stated policy of fair pay for all in the NHS and their duty of accountability. Excessive awards made by a remuneration committee can be subject to judicial review and overturned. The health secretary should review the workings of trust remuneration committees and ensure that their decisions are transparent to the public.
authors: St James University Hospital, Leeds.
authors: Nigel
authors: N
authors: Dudley
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000191:economics* / Q000523:psychology; D016542:Chief Executive Officers, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009013:Morale; D009042:Motivation; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000191:economics*; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom