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NHS England: Midlands

Asked by Preet Kaur GillLabour (Co-op)Department of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 27 March 2025UIN 39547

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of employees of NHS England: Midlands are in the (a) ESM 1, (b) ESM 2, (c) ESM 3 and (d) ESM 4 salary bands.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Of the 961 staff employed in the NHS England Midlands region, 2.3% of employees in the region are at Executive Senior Manager (ESM) grades, none of whom are at ESM4. The following table shows the number and proportion of staff in the NHS England Midlands region who are at ESM grades, as of end of February 2025:

Grade

Number of staff

Percentage of regional staff

ESM1

16

1.7%

ESM2

5

0.5%

ESM3

1

0.1%

ESM4

0

0.0%

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