Imperial issues guidance on the criteria for awarding bonus payments and the amounts that should be awarded for each grade.

Imperial employs Clinical Academic staff who are employed on NHS National terms and conditions. Some Clinical Academics receive Excellence Awards, which are not under Imperial’s control or funded by Imperial. These are, in effect, bonus payments awarded by the Department of Health & Social Care to senior Clinical Academics based on their clinical and academic contribution.

Although Imperial does not decide these bonuses, they affect the bonus pay gap at Imperial due to a higher proportion of senior Clinical Academic staff being white. Therefore, Clinical Excellence Awards have been analysed separately.

The figures below show the bonuses for staff where disability is known and stated.

2024 Bonuses including Clinical Excellence Awards (CEA)

Bonuses including Clinical Excellence Awards (CEA)

  • The proportions of disabled staff and non-disabled staff paid a bonus including CEA: 37 of 726 disabled staff (5.1%); 553 of 9487 non-disabled staff (5.8%)
  • Mean bonus pay including CEA: £2,419 for disabled staff; £7,334 for non-disabled staff
  • Mean disability pay gap for bonus pay including CEA: 67%
  • Median bonus pay including CEA: £1,500 for disabled staff; £1,600 for non-disabled staff
  • Median disability pay gap for bonus pay including CEA: 6.3%

2024 Bonuses excluding Clinical Excellence Awards (CEA)

Bonuses excluding Clinical Excellence Awards (CEA)

  • The proportions of disabled staff and non-disabled staff paid a bonus excluding CEA: 36 of 726 disabled staff (5%); 455 of 9487 non-disabled staff (4.8%)
  • Mean bonus pay excluding CEA: £1,428 for disabled staff; £1,660 for non-disabled staff
  • Mean disability pay gap for bonus pay excluding CEA: 14%
  • Median bonus pay excluding CEA: £1,500 for disabled staff; £1,500 for non-disabled staff
  • Median disability pay gap for bonus pay excluding CEA: 0%

2024 Bonuses Clinical Excellence Awards (CEA) only

Bonuses Clinical Excellence Awards (CEA) only

  • The proportions of disabled staff and non-disabled staff who received CEA payments: 1 of 10 disabled staff (10.0%); 97 of 434 non-disabled staff (22.4%)
  • Mean bonus pay for CEA payments: £38,066 for disabled staff; £34,020 for non-disabled staff
  • Mean disability pay gap for CEA payments: -11.9%
  • Median bonus pay for CEA payments: £38,066 for disabled staff; £36,192 for non-disabled staff
  • Median disability pay gap for CEA payments: -5.2%