As doctors or dentists, your whole career is dedicated to caring for patients who have fallen ill or had an accident. Therefore, it can often be easier to see and understand the need for protection,…
Continue readingAs we speed towards yet another Christmas, now seems a good time to provide a ‘financial market update’ to summarise how the financial markets are faring since covid began, and provide a little insight into…
Continue readingAt first glance, a car lease through NHS Fleet Services can look like an attractive offer. As an NHS professional, you will get a high-end car with low-end fees, and if it’s electric, a low…
Continue readingInheritance tax receipts are up £0.5bn on the same time as last year (April to July) according to HMRC. The total receipts were in the region of £2bn. Could these higher receipts be due to…
Continue readingWhat age is classed as early retirement? Once upon a time, there was only one NHS pension scheme and this meant retiring early for most doctors and dentists, was prior to age 60. We now…
Continue readingIt’s so easy for us all to get caught up in the flurry of day-to-day life and our long-term plans that we often completely forget about our short-term ‘here and now’ goals. “Happiness is a…
Continue readingAs a doctor or dentist in hospital service or an NHS practice, mortgages are relatively simple to arrange. New job roles, a growing family or family breakups are just a few reasons you may need…
Continue readingIt seems unbelievable that in the past not all partners or ‘significant others’ were viewed equally by the NHS pension scheme for death in service benefits. There was a time where additional benefits could have…
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