Royal College of Physicians has reported a mean gender pay gap of 13.9% for 2025, down by 5.8% from 2024’s figure.
In 2025, its median gender pay gap was 13.6%. This is a reduction of 8.3% compared with 2024. The organisation has 418 employees in total, and has included its 46 casual workers, such as examiners and clinicians employed on a short-term basis for projects, in these calculations.
Excluding casual workers, the organisation’s mean gender pay gap was 10.9%, down by 6.6% from 2024. Its median gender pay gap was 7.9%, which is a reduction of 11.8% compared to 2024.
Royal College of Physicians’ workforce consists of 67% female staff and 33% male workers. Its upper pay quartile comprises 51.5% women and 48.5% men, while its lower pay quartile consists of 72.3% of women, a decrease of 2.5% from 2024, and 27.7% of men.
Chiraag Panchal, executive director, people and culture at the Royal College of Physicians, said: “We are pleased to show a reduction in our gender pay gap for 2025. While it represents the biggest reduction since we started reporting, we recognise that there is still some way to go. The inclusion of 46 casual workers employed on 5 April has contributed to our 2025 gender pay gap, the comparative figures show a significantly lower gap when they are excluded.
“A Gender Pay Gap Action Group was set up last year to champion actions to reduce the gender pay gap. The group’s membership includes people and culture representatives, our diversity, inclusion and belonging [representatives] and the chairs of our Employee Forum and Women’s Network. The group is investigating and benchmarking against other organisations that have successfully addressed or reducing their gender pay gap and is engaging with both internal and external specialists to identify actions to take.”
