West Yorkshire Foot and Ankle Clinic is based in Halifax, Huddersfield and Rochdale, UK. Run by Simon Sturdee, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon.
Halifax Huddersfield Rochdale
Joined June 2016
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Ridiculous pension tax bill. Aged 49, 14 yrs as a Consultant Trauma Orthopaedic surgeon 26 yrs in NHS. a tax bill greater than what I have paid into the pension over the yr. Time to retire / reduce hrs / leave uk and work abroad @goldstone_tony @theresecoffey @KwasiKwarteng – at Barkisland, England
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We are so proud of the hard work of our colleagues to bring down our waiting lists for our patients. 💙
Today @DHSCgovuk is sharing some of the things we have done to achieve this.
📋 From 4,000 patients waiting at the end of 2021...
...to fewer than 20 now 📋
🎯 How the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary @CHFTNHS cut its waiting list 👇
Our Elective Reform Plan will take the best of the NHS to the rest of the NHS: gov.uk/government/news/pm-se…
Talk to primary care. Never done a talk at a zoo @SpireElland #ponderosazoo
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Did you see us last night on @BBCNews? 📽️
@BBCHughPym's piece on the News at Six showed how hard our teams are working to bring down waiting lists. 👏
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‘A happy workforce is your responsibility. Staff aren’t happy. That’s your fault. That’s not good for patients.’
A junior doctor calls out prime minister @RishiSunak on @LBCNews this morning when he tried to blame record waiting lists on strikes, not on years of understaffing.
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Our Speciality Doctor, Trauma and Orthopaedic Andrea Jimenez is our latest CHuFT Star Award winner – and a national top recruiter for research. Congratulations Andrea! Read more buff.ly/3NFOLvQ
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.@Jeremy_Hunt my wife and are NHS consultants. Our combined pension tax bill for the last year is £30k. So what do we do? Retire seems like the best option. Wave goodbye to our expertise. There is no incentive to stay.
Or you could change the rules. But you won’t.
Cheerio.
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@Jeremy_Hunt @goldstone_tony @RishiSunak I am a 54 yr old surgeon. No private practice. Just been advised by IFA to retire or go 1/2 time & pull out of NHS pension due to impending unaffordable pension tax bills. About to breach lifetime allowance too. You said you’d fix it.
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The new Chancellor knows this is a huge problem. He’s heard it from doctors first hand in person. Confident he will act 👇🏻
Brown envelopes arrived. Looks like the government have fined me for treating too many cancer patients. Would have £100 extra per month in my pocket if I worked less. Madness! Should I cut my work and make waiting lists worse? @goldstone_tony @Jeremy_Hunt
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Really grateful to @wesstreeting and @Jeremy_Hunt for their support highlighting the “national scandal” of punitive pension taxation in the NHS. With this cross party support there really is no reason not to fix this once and for all on Nov 17. #taxunregistered #FixTheFinanceAct
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Dear Mr Hunt, as you so eloquently put it a month ago. I hope NHS workforce and pension issues are top of your agenda for your upcoming Autumn budget. NHS survival need someone sensible like you. @RishiSunak @goldstone_tony
Thanks for reaching out @RoshanaMN I've been raising the pensions issue repeatedly & it was a key recommendation in our recent workforce report. It is crazy not to fix this when there is such a big capacity crisis in the NHS - will keep on the case... publications.parliament.uk/p…
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@SteveBarclay congrats on the job (again). Can you talk to @BMA_Pensions @goldstone_tony and finally sort out NHS pensions and pay. Thanking you in advance. @BMA_Consultants @BMA_JuniorDocs
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Rumours @Jeremy_Hunt may be next Chancellor
Glad Jeremy understands what a car crash the pensions taxation is in the NHS - would really like an early meeting if he is #TalkToTony @BMA_Pensions - lets get this long standing car crash for the NHS fixed, & properly.
RT if agree!
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Some 44% of hospital doctors have said they plan to step away from NHS work in the next year. itv.com/news/2022-10-11/nhs-…
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Our latest survey shows a staggering 44% of consultants in England plan to leave, or take a break from working in the NHS next year.
A big factor is the disincentive of punitive pension tax as @ShanuDatta4 explained to @KayBurley this morning
bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/…
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@Fitton30th - great day and should have said as we handed out the awards .. that the quality of the papers /presentations and the breadth of topics and enthusiasm was fantastic . well done all ... T&O is in safe hands ... and great talk from @theshoulderdoc
Fitton prize day. Good to listen to sone of the research going on in Yorkshire @Fitton30th