We fully support the equality of opportunity and continue to progress actions to close the gap and achieve this. Positive progress has continued to be made, year on year since 2022. A further significant decrease in the pay gap by 2.63% from 4.58% on 31 March 2023 to 1.95% as of 31 March 2024. This is our lowest reported gender pay gap. Female staff are represented in many senior positions. The gap is mainly due to an increase in the median hourly rate for female staff. Median rate for males also increased but not as significantly.
We acknowledge there is still a gap and will continue to work towards closing it further.
Moving forward
We will continue to progress this work through:
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defining and applying our organisation’s core values to every stage of an employee’s journey with us
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a commitment to supporting our Women’s Staff Network in empowering female colleagues
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fair and equal access to Trust leadership learning and development opportunities
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deeper analysis of data to better understand the drivers behind the pay gap.