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Role of the clinical director: cardiologist's perspective
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  • Published on: 3 February 2020
    Problems with the clinical director role

    I read with interest the super article by Chris Steadman regarding being a clinical director in the NHS. I would add to this article that a particular problem has now become grossly apparent with taking on such a role which is the amount of pension tax that many will find they have to pay in taking such a role on. Previously, leadership and management roles have often attracted a rise in pensionable salary, which was a clear incentive to take them - as per the article, they clearly result in alot of work to the individual and so should be rewarded for this. However with the pension taper which started in 2016 and a low annual allowance, this creates a major problem, with many stories of doctors taking on such roles and receiving a large tax bill as result. How big a bill this may or may not be will depend on the personal circumstances of the individual and the amount of extra pensionable salary the individual trust is offering. For example, under current rules, a £10,000 increase in pensionable pay would result in me doing such a job at a big financial loss in my first year of doing it! Unless the UK government change the pension tax rules, it has created major disincentive for doctors to take on such roles.

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