London hospital shut ICU due to consultants working fewer shifts to avoid hefty tax bills

A leading teaching hospital had to shut an intensive care unit for 18 weeks because of a doctor shortage caused by medics working fewer shifts to avoid the NHS pensions “tax trap”.

Guy’s and St Thomas’s trust in London closed one of its intensive care units over the summer after some of its consultants reduced their hours to avoid hefty tax bills linked to pensions.

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