Hospitals are letting doctors QUIT an official NHS pension scheme

Hospitals are letting doctors QUIT an official NHS pension scheme Hospitals are allowing doctors to quit an official NHS pension scheme which is causing consultants to cut their hours.

Several NHS trusts are putting their own schemes in place amid mounting frustration over government inaction to reform a punitive tax on pensions.

Controversial pension reforms introduced in 2016 mean top consultants and GPs are cutting their hours to avoid a tax bill on their pensions that can run into tens of thousands. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Pension crisis: trusts take matters in their own hands The BMJ
• Pension tax reform needs to be swift to tackle doctors’ sense of injustice The BMJ
• NHS hospitals offer doctors cash in bid to tackle growing pensions crisis The Daily Telegraph