Does NHS England pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, NHS England employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at NHS England. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at NHS England?

62% of NHS England employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated NHS England 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at NHS England?

Registered Nurse (199) , Doctor (160) , Administrative Assistant (139) , Project Manager (112) , Healthcare Assistant (109) , Administrator (80) , Medical Doctor (52) , Biomedical Scientist (48) , Receptionist (44) , Administrative (39) , HCA (39) , Physiotherapist (38) , Consultant (32) , RN Staff Nurse (32) , Manager (30)

What are the pros of working at NHS England according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with and important projects that make a difference" ((in 242 reviews)); "Used to be a good pension but who knows if you'll get to see it ever" ((in 237 reviews)); "Great team and a lot of social activities" ((in 197 reviews)); "Saw thousands of fantastic patients and met some great colleagues who always have other peoples wellbeing at the front of their mind." ((in 178 reviews)); "Flexible and good work life balance" ((in 120 reviews))

What are the cons of working at NHS England according to real employee reviews?

"long hours and poorly resourced" ((in 176 reviews)); "Poor management and limited in terms of how you can influence changes" ((in 145 reviews)); "Low salary and understaffed due to poor government funding" ((in 111 reviews)); "Too many managers to report to." ((in 49 reviews)); "No career progression" ((in 43 reviews))

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NHS England Reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(4,497 total reviews)

Amanda Pritchard

57% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity and inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture and values

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Senior management

NHS England has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,497 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NHS England employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

4K reviews

3.0

21 Feb 2025

Stressed resource

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Stable job and good pension

Cons

Very over stretched and lots of over time

2.0

6 Sept 2018

Where skills go to die

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Some amazing people doing great things for little reward - a pleasure to work with.

Cons

Product owners and programme directors: unprofessional, sycophantic, toxic, destructive, narcissistic personalities with zero accountability, ensuring great people leave. Also a 'mafia' culture of allowing consultancies to do what ever they like, and bleed the organisation dry.

1.0

7 Apr 2017

Do not believe what you read to lure you! Terrible organisation!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The great range of shops surrounding the building.. that's it

Cons

A bullying pandemic - intimidation - terrible leadership pandering to the bullys. Everyone is stepping on each other to get ahead. Exclusion on teams. If you work part-time you still get a full time work load. No training (well decent training anyway) due to the cut in the training budget internal courses (e-learning) were offered that were of no benefit to the trainee. Prince 2 training not offered (in a project management organisation)!

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