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Milton Keynes Citizen Front Page 11th April 2013
Milton Keynes Citizen Front Page 11th April 2013
Milton Keynes Citizen Front Page 11th April 2013
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by sally murrer
Director of Public Health Nicholas Hicks allegedly negotiated his own departure from his 240,000 a year position at the NHS a few weeks ago. The goodbye package, according to Citizen sources, was two and a half times his annual salary. Ironically, Mr Hicks exit caused a sigh of relief at Milton Keynes Council oces a few miles away. For new legislation means
The man responsible for the health of every person in the city has pocketed a 600,000 pay-o after leaving his job, it has been claimed.
cers had baulked at paying a salaryalmost100,000higher thanthatoftheirownchiefexecutive David Hill. Theyfeareditwouldleadto a series of equal pay demands from other council directors. Its not an affordable amount for a council. NHS pay scales for directors and executivesarejustcrazymoney compared to the hands-on nursingsta,saidonesource. Mr Hicks was also chief executive of the citys Primary Care Trust, which, under the samenewApril1legislation,is now an NHS clinical commissioning Group. It is not known whether he hasfoundanewjobelsewhere. Meanwhile Milton Keynes Council has found a temporary but thrifty solution to its problem of employing a new Director of Public Health.
It is sharing one director, Muriel Scott, with two other localauthorities,CentralBedfordshireCouncilandBedford Borough Council. A spokesman for the Department of Health, speaking on behalf of the now defunct MiltonKeynesPCT,said:NHS redundancy arrangements have been agreed with NHS trade unions. Stawhoaremaderedundant are entitled to a payment ofonemonthssalaryforevery year of reckonable service up to a maximum of 24 months pay. NHS redundancy payments are, therefore, calculated on length of service and salary at the time of redundancy. The spokesman was unabletoconrmordenythesum given to Mr Hicks.
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