April 20, 2018
Look away from the screen
As doctors we might prescribe a healthy dose of TLC to cure all kinds of ills but too much attention in other areas is not always advantageous. Take houseplants, for…
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March 27, 2018
Mind the gender investment gap
While the media concentrates on the gender pay gap, recent research shows that women are…
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March 5, 2018
How much is enough?
This is a question we hear many times from clients when planning their future. In…
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February 20, 2018
People used to believe the world was flat
I had the pleasure of listening to a talk from Dr Michael Mosley recently. I…
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February 19, 2018
Guest Blog: Conducting the Doctors’ Orchestra
Vascular surgeon Stephen Brearley has doubled as an amateur musician since childhood, playing the violin and piano and later conducting both in Cambridge and at the Middlesex Hospital, where he…
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January 19, 2018
A ‘Nudge’ might help you fund your future
In the UK, life expectancy, which had stalled for men and women since 2010, has…
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January 9, 2018
How good are DIY fixes for ailments and finances?
As the NHS creaks and groans its way through the toughest of winters with ever…
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December 18, 2017
Do you know your own personal annual allowance limit?
The annual allowance limits the amount you can contribute to your pension while still receiving tax relief to £40,000 per year. However, should you have ‘adjusted income’ over £150,000 you will…
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December 18, 2017
Can you confidently calculate your pension growth for the year?
The calculations for your annual allowance are important and will have an impact on the…
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December 18, 2017
Surprise increase in Lifetime Allowance – have you checked your position?
The chancellor Philip Hammond used his first autumn Budget to give some good news for…
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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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