Doctors claim govt refusing to negotiate over pensions

It said the government has "no desire to talk" to health unions and is insisting on implementing a 6% hike in GP pension contributions, Pulse reports. Such an increase in contributions will cost GPs up to £125,000 each over their careers, BMA research found. Dr Andrew Dearden, chair of the BMA pensions committee, said the government will only allow discussion on how to introduce the contribution hike, not the increase itself. Meanwhile, Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of council at the BMA, said the contribution hike is "a tax on public sector workers" and the NHS pension scheme is alr...