UK. Doctors will leave NHS unless they see pension reforms, union warns
The Conservative Government must reform NHS pension taxation or risk an exodus of doctors and a major workforce crisis, the British Medical Association (BMA) has warned.
The doctors’ union has requested an urgent meeting with Health Secretary Matt Hancock to see what can be done to stop experienced doctors leaving.
Concerns about high-earning doctors’ pensions were raised in 2016 after the introduction of the “tapered annual allowance”.
Under the scheme, for every £2 of income above £150,000 per year, £1 of annual allowance is lost.
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