Category Archives: NHS

What it’s like to be in hospital right now.

Posted on July 11, 2020 by henry tapper

From Sunday to Tuesday this week , I was in the Cancer Center adjacent to Guys Hospital having work on my bowels under general anesthetic. My surgery was “elective” rather than “emergency”. I had had emergency surgery for the problem … Continue reading →

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Conservative manifesto best on pensions

Posted on November 25, 2019 by henry tapper

Fantastic news that today’s Conservative Manifesto includes a commitment to look at the pensions net pay anomaly. I hope all other parties will now make the same commitment. pic.twitter.com/4MUXrwlDCE — Adrian Boulding (@AdrianBoulding) November 24, 2019 Adrian , along with … Continue reading →

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On March 6th a doctor wrote about his pension

Posted on November 23, 2019 by henry tapper

On March 6th 2019 , Dr Nitin Arora wrote  on my blog. You can read the entire article on the link. He detailed how his tax bill , combined with the deferred taxation on his pension , meant that he … Continue reading →

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Are IFAs missing the wood for the trees?

Posted on November 1, 2019 by henry tapper

A thread , which is now nearly a week old, has over 1000 posts on it and it focusses exclusively on the tax problems doctors are having resulting from the tension from too much pension . That is, till the … Continue reading →

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Dr Kate Lovett can’t afford her pension.

Posted on October 26, 2019 by henry tapper

A psychiatric consultant finds herself paying more in tax than she earns. A spokesperson for the pensions industry opines. I understand Dr Kate Lovett has has a large increase in her DB pension, which breaches the Annual Allowance pension rules … Continue reading →

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“A local solution – not a pension reform” the new NHS pension consultation.

Posted on August 7, 2019 by henry tapper

Consultations on clinicians pensions are queuing up like ambulances outside AE. The last consultation was launched on July  22nd and has barely been read before being superseded by a new one to be launched “over the summer” which will go … Continue reading →

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HR and the decline of empathy

Posted on July 7, 2019 by henry tapper

I wrote to my HR department to tell them I had had some emergency treatment. What I got back surprised me, an admission that they knew nothing about it – contractual sickness terms  –  and a sign off that reads … Continue reading →

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We don’t know how lucky we are!

Posted on July 4, 2019 by henry tapper

I have just come out of hospital. I was admitted on Monday afternoon, had a three hour operation under general anaesthetic on Tuesday morning and left at Wednesday lunchtime. Had I not had the services of the NHS, I could … Continue reading →

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NHS pensions are damaging the NHS – a doctor writes

Posted on March 6, 2019 by henry tapper

    This article is by Dr Nitin Arora I asked to publish it as I have followed his work on twitter to help pension professionals understand the current problems facing members of the NHS pension scheme. As I have … Continue reading →

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Affordability – is the NHS pricing people out of its pension scheme?

Posted on December 30, 2018 by henry tapper

  Perhaps we are getting a little complacent about opt-outs? The FT has published research showing that opt-outs from the NHS pension scheme are running at 5 times the rate of opt-outs from the Local Government Scheme. When I first … Continue reading →

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