Budget havoc could push GPs to head for the door

‘GPs need stability and clarity’

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Autumn Budget tax and pensions uncertainties are adding fuel to the fire for frustrated GPs, Ramsay Brown partner Katie Collin writes.

October 30 is just around the corner, and the UK is bracing for chancellor Rachel Reeves' first Budget. The Chancellor's statement will certainly turn a few heads, but perhaps none more so than the UK's medical sector, and especially our GPs. GPs have a lot to contend with. With growing mountains of admin, the pressure of running Primary Care Networks at scale, and keeping practices afloat with an ever-shrinking budget, the last thing GPs need is for their pensions to come under threat. Yet that has often been the reality; time and time again, their pensions are either tied up or put at ...

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