UK health officials spent £42m in a year on ‘golden goodbyes’ and staff payoffs

In the last five years, 324 health sector staff have received payouts of more than 150,000, according to new figures

NHS trusts and other organisations overseen by the Department of Health and Social Care agreed staff payoffs worth 42m in 2021/22, including 36 golden goodbyes" worth more than 150,000 each.

In the last five years, 324 staff in the health and care sector got payoffs of more than 150,000, including 44 who received more than 200,000, according to analysis of DHSC figures.