Pension tax problems will cause NHS staff exodus, report warns

The NHS member organisation said its findings in An Unnecessary Divide: The Impact of Pensions Taxation on NHS Trust Leaders also showed 37% fewer members of staff are seeking or accepting promotions and 60% will not accept leadership roles. A total of 35% of surveyed members of the NHS Pension Scheme said they would consider leaving the public health service by 2022, while 9% had already decided to quit their positions. The impact of the tapered annual allowance has raised a number of concerns in the last year with many higher-paid NHS workers facing punitive tax charges for breachin...