The independent review of the gender pay gap in medicine

Start date

May 2018

End date

December 2020

Overview

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

Co-investigators

Carol Atkinson

Manchester Metropolitan University

Jo Blanden

Dr Jo Blanden

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Duncan Brown

Institute of Employment Studies

Ioannis Laliotis

City University

Sheila Wild

Private Consultant

Mark Williams

Dr Mark Williams

Queen Mary University of London

Additional team members

University of California, Los Angeles

News

In the media

Healthcare Leader
British Medical Association
Hospital Times
Women in Surgery, STEM and Beyond blog
The British Dental Journal
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
March 2021
HCSA
Manchester Metropolitan University
In Your Area
The King's Fund blog
The BMJ
ProQuest
UCL
Healthcare Leader
National Health Executive
The Independent
Medscape
Express & Star
News Chain Online
Breaking News
Belfast Telegraph
The Falmouth Packet
Hospital Dr
Healthcare Leader
GOV.UK
Open Access Government
Sky News
BBC News
News Medical Life Sciences
Mirror
HCSA
GP Online
Financial Times

Outputs

Research themes

Find out more about our research at Surrey: