Health · Healthcare & Policy · 9 hrs ago
Former NHS Scotland chief received £378,000 redundancy payment
Mary Morgan received £378,000 when she retired from NHS Scotland on 3 May.
The payment was made under contractual redundancy terms, according to accounts for 2025/26.
Morgan had led NHS National Services Scotland since 2021 and earned between £160,000 and £165,000 a year.
Her role ended after a new body was formed: Public Services Delivery Scotland began operating in April and replaced NHS NSS and NHS Education for Scotland.
Morgan's pension transfer value was just over £2m.
The payment was permitted under her employment terms, a spokesperson for the new body said; Morgan declined to comment.
The change brought health and care services together under a body intended to drive changes across the public sector, and its chief executive is Prof Karen Reid.
Former NHS National Services Scotland chief executive Mary Morgan received £378,000 under contractual redundancy terms when she retired.
She retired on 3 May after a 44-year career in NHS Scotland.
Morgan had led NHS NSS since 2021 and earned between £160,000 and £165,000 a year.
NHS NSS accounts for 2025/26 also put the value of her pension at just over £2m.
PSD Scotland said the payment was in line with Morgan’s employment terms.
- Who
- Mary Morgan, former chief executive of NHS National Services Scotland.
- What
- She received £378,000 under contractual redundancy terms when she retired.
- When
- She retired on 3 May; the year is not stated.
- Where
- NHS National Services Scotland and PSD Scotland, in Scotland.
- Why
- The accounts say she retired under contractual redundancy terms after her role became defunct following the creation of PSD Scotland.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Morgan served as chief executive of NHS NSS.
The BBC asked NHS NSS what would happen to Morgan after her role became defunct.
Then chairman Keith Redpath said Morgan would retire on 3 May.
Morgan retired under contractual redundancy terms and received £378,000.
- Payment
- £378,000
- Annual salary
- £160,000–£165,000
- NHS NSS chief executive
- Since 2021
- Career
- 44 years in NHS Scotland
- Pension value
- Just over £2m
What people are saying
Mary Morgan retires on 3 May, concluding an exceptional 44-year career in NHS Scotland.
All payment received was in accordance to the terms and conditions of her employment.