Doctors’ bodies unite to call for pension reform
Leading medical bodies have joined to call for reformation of the pension tax system which is robbing many consultants of tens of thousands of pounds. In an appeal to the Government, as part of an effort to prevent mounting early retirements of consultants, they call for the punitive charges to be sorted in the next […]...
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Covid chaos offers chance to revamp independent practice
Consultants must now either help evolve the changes they see in private practice, brought about by Covid-19, or look...
Keep your seat belt on – it’s not over yet!
Hold tight! It’s been a rollercoaster ride in private practice for over six months now, and the peaks and...
Don’t let your good name be damaged
Building your brand takes time and there are a lot of ways you can accidentally damage it. Simon Marett...
Our safety cultures need a fix
Two recommendations could lead to far more information being published about individual practitioners’ areas of clinical accreditation and financial...
Three things you have to get right
Keeping your debt in check Financial stress can hit all consultants’ private practices at some stage – as recent...
When you’re hauled before the GMC
In the second of two articles on GMC investigations, Dr Ellie Mein explains how to cope with a fitness-to-practise hearing....
Using feedback to improve your care
‘You can’t manage what you can’t measure’. This well-known quote by management thinker and ‘the founder of modern management’,...
The United States of uncertainty
Not all US stocks have gone up in 2020. Patrick Convey explains why it is impossible to predict the markets. ...