A BOSS at a hospital authority slammed over children’s care and maternity changes paid a boss a £32,000 bonus, newly released figures show.The bonus for the un-named director was paid as Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust began to gather controversy over plans to change maternity at Solihull Hospital.
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The trust said: “In the last three years only one bonus payment has been made. This was in 2008/09 - a bonus payment of £32,000 was paid to a non-Board Director for achieving external income generation target.”
The news comes as Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the pool of NHS managers eligible for bonuses will be slashed by 75 per cent.
The trust has stopped all births at Solihull and only midwife births will be allowed from July. A consultation will then take place on the service’s long-term future.
The trust – which also runs Heartlands and Good Hope hospitals - has also been criticised for long waits at A&E, leading national regulator Monitor to step in.
And last week a report by clinical leaders slammed children’s care at Heartlands, where Solihull mums-to-be now face having to go.
The figures also reveal chief executive Dr Mark Goldman claimed £812 in ‘taxi, train, hospitality & personal expenses’ and executive directors claimed £6,393.
A further £1,024 was claimed for ‘expenses and subsistence elements - overnight accommodation, business phone calls, meals’.
It also shows £938,324 was made in mileage claims for all staff at the trust, which is one of the biggest in the country after taking over failing Good Hope in Sutton Coldfield.
A further £41,996 was claimed for parking. Most patients have to pay to park at the trust’s hospitals.
The figures were revealed in a Freedom of Information Act request by a member of the public that was placed on the What Do They Know? website.
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