Christmas is a time of joy, the season for giving and spoiling our children with gifts. There’s nothing better than seeing your little cherub’s face light up when they get exactly what they wanted. But…
Continue readingAs a doctor or dentist, your career is spent caring for patients in ill health or after an accident. But what if something happens to you? Who’s going to look after you? Are you truly…
Continue readingAfter a period of unprecedented low stock market volatility, the UK markets have returned to a more ‘normal’ volatility of late. Couple this with Brexit, leadership elections, Trump and China it makes for a wonderfully…
Continue readingAs you frantically try to finish off work, put the dog into kennels, fling swimsuits, flip-flops and an array of sun lotions into suitcases while juggling overexcited, tired children, try to spare a few minutes…
Continue readingTwo years on from the NHS England’s surprise announcement that it would pay towards the costs of covering for a sick GP locum, many practices report mixed outcomes. The new rules, effective from April 2017,…
Continue readingBack in 2006, the General Medical Council regulation changes resulted in many dentists opting to operate as a ‘Limited Company’. Well over a decade on and some significant legislative changes later, is incorporation still an…
Continue readingApplying for a mortgage is reasonably straightforward for most NHS doctors and dentists. But what if you are a locum? It’s great to be self-employed and to have flexible working patterns, but if these benefits…
Continue readingWho would have thought an NHS pension scheme could be too generous? When transferring your 1995 NHS pension scheme to the 2008 NHS pension scheme, you’d like to think you were ending up with a…
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