Doctors will go part-time if pension rules are not changed, BMA warns

[Northerner]

NHS consultants are better off working part-time under new Treasury pension rules, unions have warned.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has raised fears that the majority of senior doctors will end up opting to cut their hours or work part-time as a result.

A letter to the Chancellor warns that some consultants will see a significant drop in their pension - unless they go part-time.

The calculations by the union suggest that a senior doctor working a three and a half day week could end up with an annual pension of £65,000 - which would drop to £55,000 if they continued to work a full week.

The situation has arisen because senior consultants are being caught by cuts to annual limits on pension savings, now just £10,000 for those earning above £150,000.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...art-time-pension-rules-not-changed-bma-warns/

 

[mikeyB]

Dearie me. Can’t have consultants struggling to feed and heat themselves on £55,000 a year. How on Earth are they supposed to manage?

They could fix this by capping salaries at £150,000, couldn’t they? Seems enough to live on.

 

[Pumper_Sue]

My GP practice is advertising for staff by saying it's a very profitable practice and wages are £130,000/year and that isn't full time either.
From what I can work out all the GP's at my local surgery are part time and all the patients are an inconvenience since another surgery took them over.