Q: We employed a staff member on a month's trial period (which she scraped through) but after employing her for eight months we have concluded that her performance really isn't up to the standard required - although she says we are underpaying her. Also, she has just told the practice manager that...
Q: I keep hearing that from 2007/8 NHS pension dynamising factors are the inflation rate plus 1.5%. What is the inflation rate since 2007/8 to date? Can you work it out for me so that I can apply it to my income to work out my pension?
Q: One of the partners at the practice owns the premises and receives the notional rent. He feels that all the partners should pay equally for the building's upkeep and maintenance. I understood that GP landlords receiving notional rent should bear responsibility for all external repairs, decoration...
Q: We are a small GMS practice. Can you tell us the advantages and disadvantages of forming a limited company?
Q: I am a GP who has recently left a post of senior partner at a practice. The practice property was owned in equal proportion by the three partners. Since I left I have not received any payment for my share of the property. The remaining two partners are trying to secure a loan on the property in...
Q: Can you clarify for me the accrued rights of current NHS Pension Scheme (NHSPS) in regard to actuarial reduction, currently 5% per year for every year below 60. If the retirement age goes to 65 or above would this mean two separate calculations, for example, no loss if retiring at 60 on the years...
Q: Our practice manager would like to become a partner. Would she still qualify for an NHS pension as a partner? What factors do we need to consider to equate her current salary with a percentage of the profit? And what matters need to be covered by a practice agreement?
Q: We are a PMS practice. If the seniority payments of all the partners were included in the budget at the beginning of the contract, will any annual increase for the subsequent years be added to the budget or not? The PMS contract manager at the PCT has advised us that there will be no automatic annual...
Q: I am a 51-year-old GP locum and only joined the NHS Pension Scheme (NHSPS) in 2001. I am paying for added years at a rate of 9% until I reach pension age of 60. Are there any other ways to maximise my pension other than changing my retirement age to 65? I read about the additional pension top-up...
Q: I have become a GP partner. The senior partner is due to retire and I have the option of buying her share of the property. At present, all the partners have individual mortgages through one lender. I was planning to take a loan from my parents to fund the purchase and repay them over a defined period. Would...
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