Chief exec says sorry to bank staff for pay 'boob'

In her latest weekly message to staff, she said: “Earlier this year, as a cost-saving measure, we moved from weekly to monthly pay for our flexible staff.

“It hasn’t been a total success, and some staff have had to wait many weeks to be paid. In such tough times that is completely unacceptable. We boobed, to put it mildly, and I am very sorry.”

Ms Rodrigues said the trust would be returning to “more timely pay for bank staff”, with weekly pay fully reinstated by April 2013, or sooner if possible.