u/Affectionate-Fish681

Another month, another pay day, and another bit of money spent towards the CARE NHS pension scheme. It’s a fair chunk of pay but the scheme remains a relatively decent pension and I’m happy to contribute.

That is until you remember that the NHS pension only requires contributions of about 9.5% to stay solvent. Yet as doctors, we are contributing 10, 11, 12% while others only contribute 5%

Why are we subsidising other employees’ pensions? If the scheme needs 9.5% to work then that’s what everyone should be paying!