Uncategorized NHS Scotland facing ‘exodus’ of consultants unless action taken 13 Nov 2021November 12, 2021 Late last month we had our first meeting of the BMA Scottish Consultant Committee and worryingly it came at a time that our NHS is in full blown crisis. It…
Uncategorized Wrong-headed pensions move threatens to blow further hole in the senior doctor workforce in Scotland 4 Mar 2021 Last week BMA Scotland made absolutely plain our fears around the long-term retention of senior doctors in our NHS. You can read our full report here. We have rising consultant…
Consultants… Pensions: what’s the latest ahead of the budget? 18 Feb 2020March 22, 2020 As we approach the end of a fairly turbulent financial year – not to mention a fairly turbulent political year – we are still waiting to hear if the ongoing…
Pensions Scottish Doctors must have access to all options to mitigate punitive pension tax charges 17 Dec 2019 Scottish doctors must be able to have the same access to schemes designed to ease the effect of pension tax bills as their colleagues in England, BMA Scotland said today.…
Consultants… BMA raises SPPA issues 20 Nov 2019November 20, 2019 As you will no doubt be aware, on Monday the Scottish Government announced a temporary recycling scheme for pensions, that will allow those who are eligible to opt-out of the…
Consultants… Pensions update: a small step forwards… 19 Nov 2019November 22, 2019 This is not a normal blog this week, however it covers some important but technical issues, relating to the NHS Scotland pension scheme and the recently launched Recycling of Employer…
Consultants… Pensions tax reform: we need it now 24 Oct 2019November 5, 2019 I’ve been receiving a lot of queries from colleagues and on social media asking about the latest news on NHS pensions. Many just received an envelope through the post from…
SAS doctors Pensions Tax Reform Call – we need your voice 10 Oct 2019October 14, 2019 You’ll recall I wrote to you all recently to let you know that the BMA Goldstone Pensions calculator had launched for SAS doctors. Many SAS doctors can be forgiven for…
Consultants… Pension taxation reform – a necessity for the NHS – not an optional extra 10 Oct 2019October 14, 2019 It should come as no surprise that the BMA is relentlessly campaigning for urgent changes to the unjust pension taxation polices to ensure doctors are not dissuaded from covering additional…
Pensions BMA Goldstone Pension Modeller 4 Jul 2019January 7, 2022 Dear Colleagues RE: SCOTTISH CONSULTANT MODELLER RELEASE In response to the widespread concerns surrounding pensions taxation matters, the BMA Goldstone Pension Modeller is now available as a member benefit for…
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