As you frantically try to finish off work, put the dog into kennels, fling swimsuits, flip-flops and an array of sun lotions into suitcases while juggling overexcited, tired children, try to spare a few minutes…
Continue readingTwo years on from the NHS England’s surprise announcement that it would pay towards the costs of covering for a sick GP locum, many practices report mixed outcomes. The new rules, effective from April 2017,…
Continue readingBack in 2006, the General Medical Council regulation changes resulted in many dentists opting to operate as a ‘Limited Company’. Well over a decade on and some significant legislative changes later, is incorporation still an…
Continue readingApplying for a mortgage is reasonably straightforward for most NHS doctors and dentists. But what if you are a locum? It’s great to be self-employed and to have flexible working patterns, but if these benefits…
Continue readingWho would have thought an NHS pension scheme could be too generous? When transferring your 1995 NHS pension scheme to the 2008 NHS pension scheme, you’d like to think you were ending up with a…
Continue readingNHS staff are leaving the NHS Pension Scheme at almost 5 times the rate of other public sector workers¹. Are you thinking of joining them? Or maybe, like thousands² of other members, you’re thinking of…
Continue readingAs the deadline for the filing of our tax returns thunders towards us, hopefully you can smile slightly smugly knowing yours was either sent to the accountant or filed by you some time ago…but what…
Continue readingDid you lose track of your financial position somewhere in the midst of the Christmas rush? The constant PayPal payments going out of your account, the last minute panic shopping, and the brilliant social life…
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