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…
Pensions Latest pensions update 3 Aug 2020 There has been much happening in the world of healthcare to keep us occupied recently – including the small matter of a global pandemic to cope with. I have no…
Pensions Pensions: The budget has happened, so what next? 13 Mar 2020March 13, 2020 There’s obviously a lot going on in the world just now, but in the pensions sphere this week's Budget was a key event many of us had been waiting for…
Consultants… Consultant vacancies show a need to invest in core staff… 5 Mar 2020March 22, 2020 Scotland’s NHS bosses must focus on investing in core staff if the issues surrounding staff shortages are to be resolved. The latest figures show that the number of consultant vacancies…
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…
Consultants… Gaining crucial political support 3 Feb 2020February 3, 2020 My first few months as chair of the BMA’s Scottish Consultants Committee have certainly not gone by quietly. Consultant vacancies have continued to rise as the ongoing issues with pensions…
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.…
Pensions Pensions – where we currently stand in Scotland… 5 Dec 2019December 6, 2019 To steal a quote – it seems to me at the moment that if you asked me my main three priorities for senior doctors in Scotland, the answer would be…
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…
