The former chief executive of Greater Manchester’s failing mental health trust was still being paid his £196,000 CEO salary for months after resigning and finishing his duties at the helm.
Over the four-month period, the incoming chief executive officer was also being paid the same six-figure salary by the trust, the Manchester Evening News can exclusively reveal.
Senior NHS sources have shared their outrage that the trust was paying the former CEO the hefty sum while presiding over the organisation’s multiple failings – and long after his chief executive responsibilities ended.
Sources have also railed against the trust for paying two CEO salaries when the finances of Greater Manchester’s NHS are floundering, and the trust itself has also racked up almost £2m of debt this financial year so far.