Blame the Treasury for the doctors’ tax trap

A doctor at work in a hospital ward. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PAYour front-page article (Operations cancelled in standoff with consultants, 8 July) provides timely exposure on the disastrous impact on NHS care of the labyrinthine pensions tax system.Our members, hospital consultants and specialists are caught in this web that has even seasoned tax professionals scratching their heads due to how it interacts with the NHS pension scheme.However, your report is wrong in two respects. First, this is