'Pensions' Blog Posts

• Pensions win for prison dentists

  Nilesh Patel describes how our five-year campaign secured access to NHS pensions for prison dentists and how they can apply for it retrospectively.

  Blog Date 3 February, 2021

• How Budget 2020 affects dentists

  Martin Woodrow outlines how the 2020 budget is likely to affect you and some progress on NHS pensions.

  Blog Date 11 March, 2020

• Pensions tax reform: Making a bad situation worse?

  Philip McEvoy tells us why the wrong pensions tax reforms could make a bad situation worse for NHS dentists worried about breaching the Annual Allowance.

  Blog Date 17 February, 2020

• 10 things you need to know about the 2015 NHS Pension Scheme

  BDA Pensions Consultant, Jo McKeown offers 10 things dentists need to know about the 2015 NHS Pension Scheme.

  Blog Date 9 September, 2019

• Should dentists 'do less' to avoid punitive taxes on their NHS Pension?

  What we are doing to ensure dentists don't lose out over paying taxes on their NHS Pensions.

  Blog Date 14 August, 2019

• Dentists: are you exceeding your annual allowance for your pension?

  ​The sometimes forgotten issue of the financial implications of exceeding your annual allowance within your NHS Pension came up at a recent BDA "Preparing for Retirement" seminar, and it made me wonder how well informed many dentists are about it.

  Blog Date 20 August, 2018

• Academic pensions: at a stalemate?

  An update on the issues facing the Universities Superannuation Scheme's financial difficulties and how this might impact on dentists working in universities signed-up to this pension scheme.

  Blog Date 8 August, 2018

• How is the NHS Pension Scheme faring?

  Head of Pensions, Phil McEvoy takes a look at what the NHS Pension Scheme looks like today, as well as where he hopes it will be in the future.

  Blog Date 30 July, 2018