NHS hires diversity staff on double the salary of junior doctors

NHS trusts are hiring equality and diversity staff on twice the salary of a junior doctor as the health secretary attacked “misguided” agendas, The Times can reveal.

Wes Streeting said that “ideological hobby horses need to go” after stating that one NHS staff member had boasted of holding an “anti-whiteness” stance.

There have been a slew of recent job postings offering roles in equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) at salaries that exceed specialist junior doctors.

They include an NHS England EDI secondment position covering the southwest of England offering a pro rata salary of £122,000 per year, and a head of EDI role at a London trust with a salary of £91,336.

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Source: The Times, 15 February 2025