131 Trust staff earn over £100k

The Sentinel recently reported how 920 health service staff paid 100,000 plus and a further 2,492 staff paid between 50,000 and 100,000 generate an annual wage bill of at least 216million across Northern Ireland.

Now a breakdown of the figures for the Western Trust area shows that 479 staff here are paid between 50,000 and 100,000 whilst 131 staff are paid over 100,000.

This generates a bill of at least 37,500,000 at the lower end of the scale.

Finance Minister Sammy Wilson revealed the figures in response to a question at the Stormont Assembly.

A spokesperson for the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) recently told the paper that high health service salaries should not be a surprise to anyone with the vast majority of the 100,000 plus recipients top doctors paid the going rate.