King’s College Hospital NHS Trust is splurging taxpayer thousands on diversity bureaucracy. The same trust, notably, was hit by a cyber attack last year which it admitted contributed to a patient’s death….
Now, instead of shoring up IT systems, the trust is advertising for not one but two top-tier diversity roles: a Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on £125,000 a year, and a Deputy Director on £96,941. Total bill: £221,941. For that you could:
The trust also came a measly 79th in the NHS Trust rankings. The taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”