All British Medical Association articles – Page 2
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NewsBMA calls for doctors to be exempt from pension age hike
On the go: The British Medical Association has called for NHS workers to be exempt from proposals to increase the minimum pension age to 57, saying the complex nature of pensions taxation means many need to retire before this age.
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Scottish govt bows to pressure over NHS death benefits
On the go: The Scottish government has agreed that all National Health Service staff providing frontline treatment to Covid-19 patients will receive full death benefits under the NHS pension scheme, including those returning on a temporary basis.
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Majority of GP scheme records are out of date
On the go: Only one quarter of doctors’ pension records are up to date for the 2017-18 tax year, data has shown, leaving GPs at the mercy of unexpected tax bills.
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Tapered annual allowance solution dismissed by experts
Pensions experts have criticised a rumoured government policy to raise the tapered annual allowance threshold income, calling it a sticking plaster that will not solve the underlying problem.
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New pension tax rules could be in place by April
On the go: The outcome of the government’s review on the tapered annual allowance is expected to be published in the upcoming Budget, and reforms could be in place from the start of the next tax year, according to the British Medical Association.
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NewsCritics rebuke Hancock's 'narrow' NHS pension consultation
The British Medical Association poured cold water on the government’s NHS pension consultation on Monday, criticising its proposal of '50:50' accrual as too narrow and calling for the annual and tapered allowance to be scrapped altogether.
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Unions allege govt sidestepped advice on NHS pensions
On the go: The Department for Health and Social Care is under fire for reportedly deciding to pursue its ‘50:50’ reform for NHS Pensions before it had received a report commissioned from its advisory board.
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Scrap ‘rotten’ taper altogether, former pensions ministers tell chancellor
Pressure is mounting on the chancellor to take action on NHS pensions, as two former pensions ministers on Wednesday called for the “fundamentally rotten” tapered annual allowance to be scrapped.
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Reform NHS pension rules or face walkouts, BMA warns
On the go: Senior NHS doctors will cut their working hours unless there is tangible reform to the health service pension scheme, the British Medical Association warned the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Thursday.
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BMA launches legal challenge against govt over NHS pensions
On the go: The British Medical Association plans to take the government to court over discriminatory aspects of the NHS Pension Scheme, the trade union announced on Monday.
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FeaturesBMA rebukes NHSE and Capita over admin 'fiasco'
The British Medical Association – the trade union and professional association for doctors and medical students – has been lobbying for improvements to the administration of the NHS Pension Scheme after member complaints and a motion by GPs last year to address issues with third-party administrator Capita.
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