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
![Carol Woodhams](/sites/default/files/styles/image_150x150_scale_and_crop/public/2018-09/carol-woodhams.jpg?itok=D_5ZmbP6)
Professor Carol Woodhams
University of Surrey
See profileCo-investigators
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Carol Atkinson
Manchester Metropolitan University
![Jo Blanden](/sites/default/files/styles/image_150x150_scale_and_crop/public/2018-03/Jo%20Blanden.jpg?itok=X22K2lUF)
Dr Jo Blanden
University of Surrey
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Duncan Brown
Institute of Employment Studies
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Ioannis Laliotis
City University
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Sheila Wild
Private Consultant
![Mark Williams](/sites/default/files/styles/image_150x150_scale_and_crop/public/2018-01/Mark%20Williams-7336.jpg?itok=GT2rB0hf)
Dr Mark Williams
Queen Mary University of London
Additional team members
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Professor Dame Jane Dacre
University of California, Los Angeles