Doctors lose court battle over 'discrimination' in NHS pensions

Under current rules, when male GPs die their widows receive a survivor's pension based on all of his contributions. But when female doctors die, their widowers are only entitled to a pension based on contributions made after 1988, Pulse reports. However, a High Court judge ruled last week that the rules are "justified" as they were designed to reflect inequalities which used to exist between the sexes in the workplace. The BMA was acting on behalf of widower Iain Cockburn whose wife Dr Clare Boothroyd died in 2007. The association is now considering an application for permission...