The independent review of the gender pay gap in medicine
Start date
May 2018End date
December 2020Overview
The review was commissioned in 2017 by the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Jeremy Hunt. Professor Dame Jane Dacre was appointed to chair the review, with a research team, led by Professor Carol Woodhams, where they explored many aspects of the gender pay gap in medicine.
Aims and objectives
- Understand why the gender pay gap in medicine, as reported in the national press, is large for a single professional group
- Undertake an analysis of the causes of the gender pay gap in medicine for general practitioners, hospital and community health doctors and academic medics.
Funding amount
£85,000
Funder
Team
Principal investigator
Professor Carol Woodhams
University of Surrey
See profileCo-investigators
Carol Atkinson
Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr Jo Blanden
University of Surrey
Duncan Brown
Institute of Employment Studies
Ioannis Laliotis
City University
Sheila Wild
Private Consultant
Dr Mark Williams
Queen Mary University of London
Additional team members
Professor Dame Jane Dacre
University of California, Los Angeles
News
In the media
Independent review into gender pay gaps in medicine in England
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Mend the gap: The independent review into gender pay gaps in medicine in England
The King's Fund blog
Women hospital doctors paid nearly 19 per cent less than men, government review finds
The Independent
Doctors’ union calls for immediate action after review finds men are paid more than female colleagues
News Chain Online
Gender pay gap for NHS doctors stands at £10,000
Financial Times