December 5, 2017
‘Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile…’
Modern life provides us – some would say swamps us – with so much news,…
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November 7, 2017
No room at the inn. NHS entrepreneurs meet bed-blocking
This month’s announcement that Airbnb-style rooms would be offered to NHS patients recuperating from hospital…
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October 19, 2017
Making economics more human
While the Nobel Prize in Economics is lauded as the most prestigious in the field, the work of the winner, although undoubtedly worthy, does not always have much influence on…
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October 7, 2017
Never has so much been owed by so many to so few
I had the honour of visiting an original MKI Hawker Hurricane recently. The plane had…
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October 4, 2017
NHS pension statements: Will you fall through the net?
In autumn every year, the NHS Pensions Agency issues letters detailing doctors’ annual pension contributions…
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October 4, 2017
Pay threshold warning: When did you last check your pay slip?
As a busy doctor, you are unlikely to have time to check pay slips every…
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October 4, 2017
HMRC triples revenue from lifetime allowance in 5 years – will you fuel the Treasury coffers?
New figures reveal that the government has increased the tax it collected from savers breaching…
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October 4, 2017
Guest Blog: How healthcare will be affected by new data protection laws
Even in the wake of the UK's decision to leave the European Union, the UK…
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September 25, 2017
Teaching an old dog new tricks
The BBC has announced that it is adopting a ‘reverse mentoring’ scheme for managers who will now receive help and guidance from younger colleagues. The aim is that energetic, wide-eyed…
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September 13, 2017
Fair play, fair pay
The new ‘plastic’ ten pound note will enter circulation this week, featuring Jane Austen to…
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September 5, 2017
Have you lost a pension?
According to government figures, there is currently an estimated £400million languishing in unclaimed pension pots…
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August 16, 2017
Can you do nothing?
August is here and you may be planning how to kick-back for the last bank…
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August 4, 2017
Mind the gap
Since the Retail Distribution Review in 2013, clients in the UK have had a greater…
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July 28, 2017
How much is your time worth?
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have discovered that using money to free-up time…
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July 21, 2017
BBC presenters and the doctors who want to spread their wings
The much-anticipated report into the annual pay deals of BBC presenters was delivered this week, revealing the top earner as ex-Top Gear presenter Chris Evans at a reported £2.2million. As…
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July 14, 2017
Game, set and match
Oscar-winning actor Emma Stone has revealed that her male co-stars have taken pay cuts in…
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July 5, 2017
Doctors warned on pension scheme fraud
Doctors have been urged to protect themselves against fraudsters using ‘pension liberation’ stings encouraging victims…
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July 5, 2017
Searching for dignity in retirement like Henry Marsh?
The acclaimed neurosurgeon Mr Henry Marsh has recently published his second book Admissions: Life in…
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July 5, 2017
Guest Blog: Working with embassies – avoid the payment pitfalls
Many consultants are looking at alternative ways of increasing the size of their private practice…
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June 30, 2017
Are you paid what you should be?
I don’t mean morally. That’s a different discussion. MPs voted this week to keep the one per cent public sector pay freeze which has been in place since 2012 resulting…
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June 23, 2017
Dealing with the known unknowns
The results of the Election have been dubbed a ‘black swan’ event. The term originates…
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