Failed hospital bosses given pay rises while crisis unfolded

By Martin Evans Published: 7:30AM GMT twenty-six February 2010

In a consult of outpatients, Mid-Staffordshire scored in the bottom fifth of trusts for ubiquitous cleanliness, the turn of apply oneself and grace with that patients were treated with colour with colour with colour and their altogether caring Photo: PA

Board members at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust perceived rises using to thousands of pounds a year after successfully steering Stafford Hospital to Foundation status.

But an eccentric inform in to the inauspicious failings at the sanatorium has referred to how managers knew about the predicament at the same time as they were commendatory the increases.

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Patients" groups last night pronounced the thought they were giving themselves rewards as the aged and exposed were failing was "sickening" and combined insult to injury.

As piece of the Trust"s efforts to benefit Foundation standing a arrangement cabinet was determined that oversaw the income increases awarded to the Executive Directors.

The Chief Executive of the Trust, Martin Yeates saw his �145,000 income climb to �169,538 in in in between 2006 and 2008 at the same time as patients were pang abominable standards of care.

Mr Yeates, who stepped down following a ban Health Commission inform last March, was authorised to leave but any disciplinary action, a grant pot value in additional of one million pounds and 6 months separation pay.

Julie Bailey, owner of the Cure the NHS debate group, that helped move the liaison of Stafford sanatorium to light said: "It is outrageous and offensive that whilst the desired ones were being treated with colour with colour with colour so appallingly and hundreds were failing unnecessarily, the sanatorium bosses obliged were rewarding themselves with compensate increases."

A orator for the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust pronounced Mr Yeates"s compensate enlarge had been concluded by the Remuneration Committee and pronounced the climb had reflected the shift in his responsibilites when the sanatorium altered to a Foundation hospital.

The orator said: "It is minuted that "reaching this preference the Committee took in to comment the poignant responsibilities and subtract compared with the move towards Foundation Trust"."

This week"s report, published by Robert Francis QC, referred to how patients were left unsanitary for up to a month, were poorly diagnosed, were abused and not asked by antagonistic uncaring staff and were mostly not fed properly.

During the same duration multiform non-executive members of the house additionally perceived large bonuses that saw their salaries some-more than double.

Toni Brisby Chairman of the NHS Trust, who worked 3 and a half days a week, increasing her income from �18,000 to �40,000

Gerald Hindley, who was Vice Chairman of the Trust went, and worked dual and a half days a week saw his income climb from �5,900 to �15,000.

Other non-executive members of the house additionally got increases from �5,000 to �12,000.

The total were referred to as a new inform referred to that patients are still unfortunate with levels of caring at the Trust.

In a consult of outpatients, Mid-Staffordshire scored in the bottom fifth of trusts for ubiquitous cleanliness, the turn of apply oneself and grace with that patients were treated with colour with colour with colour and their altogether care.

Patients additionally complained of doctors and alternative staff articulate as if they were not there, of a miss of remoteness when they were being carefully thought about and when their condition was being discussed, and of not being told how prolonged they would have to wait.

The newly expelled survey, published by the Care Quality Commission, was carried out in in in between Mar and May last year.

It additionally found that the Trust scored in the lowest twenty per cent when patients were asked if they had perceived copies of letters in in in between the sanatorium and their GP.