In the Herald today: ‘GROWING numbers of senior doctors are quitting the NHS or are not working additional shifts after being hit with more than £8 million in pension charges for working extra hours, new figures show. Medics have been warning for more than a year they would cut back on workloads because of the complex pension rules, and now figures show that NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Fife, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Tayside are among the boards that have seen increasing numbers of consultants retire.’ https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18289808.pension-rules-leaving-nhs-fewer-doctors-new-figures-show/ First, only 593 out of the 18 000 doctors (3.3%), in NHS Scotland, … Continue reading Pension rules having little effect on NHS Scotland staffing with 20% more consultants and 25% more GPS