Tag Archives: NHS

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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Beware the reasonable Ralfe

Posted on March 11, 2019 by henry tapper

John Ralfe has written an article on the problems highly paid NHS staff are having staying members of the NHS Pension Scheme. He has a number of remedies for the Doctors, most involve Doctors being able to swap pension accrual … Continue reading →

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Get up, stand up, for your pension rights

Posted on March 7, 2019 by henry tapper

      Josephine Cumbo has written an important blog in Pensions Expert. If you aren’t registered to see the article, I urge you to do so. Access to the article is free and it pretty well sums up my … 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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Opting back into a pension scheme?!?

Posted on December 24, 2017 by henry tapper

One of the uses of a CDC scheme could be to allow people who have opted out of a DB plan – to opt back into a scheme which pays them a wage for life – albeit one that isn’t … Continue reading →

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The Oxleas pension scandal

Posted on February 21, 2016 by henry tapper

The offer made by the Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is a scandal. There is no other word for it. Staff are being misinformed about pensions and being offered “sexy-cash” to help Oxleas balance its books. Our nurses are worth more … Continue reading →

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TEE(n) – Why would Osborne do anything else?

Posted on December 7, 2015 by henry tapper

  I was re-reading Steve Webb’s article in the Daily Telegraph where he outlines why he thinks Pensions ISAs would be a disaster. The more I read it, the less I get it. Let’s go back to basics. It is … Continue reading →

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Should workplace pensions have a duty of candour?

Posted on June 29, 2015 by henry tapper

We seem to have learned nothing from the Office of Fair Trading report on workplace pensions. In case you’ve forgotten, the OFT reported they’d never encountered such  poor purchasing as with employers purchasing pensions for their staff. What has been … Continue reading →

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Helping carers to a proper pension..

Posted on May 24, 2015 by henry tapper

How hard is it for us to get those who care for others , the same pension rights as those of us cared for by our employers? Rather hard – it would seem – at least according to yesterday’s Moneybox. … Continue reading →

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