NHS bosses' pay soars 50% as thousands of doctors and nurses face axe

NHS bosses in charge of hospitals being forced to sack thousands of staff have seen their pay soar by up to 50 per cent in the past five years, it has emerged. The chief executives at trusts facing the worst cutbacks are now on lucrative salaries far higher than the Prime Minister’s, with some earning more than £200,000. And most handed themselves comfortable pay rises last year even though hundreds of their own staff were being made redundant to reduce costs.