Loved and loathed, Clinical Excellence Awards (CEAs) are awarded to consultants and academic GPs who perform ‘over and above’ what is expected of them. Whatever your view of them, a new consultant contract may cause…
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“Money is 80% behaviour, 20% head knowledge. It’s what you do, not what you know.” That’s according to Dave Ramsey, America’s money expert, but – and it is a big but – without that 20%…
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Philip Hammond’s first and last Spring Budget certainly provoked some strong backlash and continues to hit the front pages. Why exactly and how are doctors and dentists most likely to be affected by his announcements?…
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Calling all buy-to-let landlords. The new tax law that comes into force in April 2017 isn’t the only nail in the rental property coffin. Even more nails (4 more to be precise) now seem to…
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So how do I/we end up in A+E promising my lovely, healthy eating, Exmoor loving, regular swimming, Snowdon climbing wife Lucie that, when she comes out of hospital, I will buy her a Jack Russell…
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The buying and selling of a dental practice typically involves the buyer getting a bank loan to pay the seller. Yet banks are not the only option for financing the purchase; there is an alternative…
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Buying a dental practice and saying goodbye to the relatively worry-free days of being an associate is a big decision. No two dental practice purchases are ever the same; they are always complex and often…
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With the recent changes to both the lifetime and annual pension allowances, it’s imperative that medics of all ages get accurate up-to-date figures of their NHS pension. These figures now have a price tag attached…
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