GP TechLead

Headaches are a common symptom in GP land. They ironically can be a bit of a headache for a GP to manage. There are a number serious headaches that need proper attention and during this remote consulting era, it takes a lot of clinical confidence to manage them over the phone only. 

Due to the chat about 1% pay rises for NHS staff, a discussion amongst friends brought up the NHS pension again. One thing not mentioned previously, was the illness and death benefits that it brings. This document outlines a lot about the 2015 pension scheme and also talks about what would happen if you were too ill to work. This is only applicable to the 2015 scheme; given the recent McCloud judgement, I am unsure if we have all reverted back to the legacy schemes. However, come April 2022, everyone should be on the career-average 2015 (maybe renamed to 2022) NHS pension scheme so hopefully this should still be applicable then. 

The UK has been through a tough economic year, given people have lost jobs, people have been been put on furlough and there has been massive government spending. There has been a lot of money being pumped into the (successful) vaccination drive that will hopefully kick-start our recovery. A lot has been talked about the 'national debt' but given this is a fiat currency, this will always be the case... (possibly discussed at a later date). Rishi Sunak was given the unenviable job of creating a budget plan to try help the recovery which he reveal 2 days ago. Below are what I feel are the biggest changes in the coming tax years.