

Medics Money podcast
Medics Money
The Medics’ Money podcast helps doctors, dentists and other professionals make better financial decisions. Hosted By Dr Tommy Perkins and Dr Ed Cantelo, who is not only a doctor but also a Chartered Accountant and Tax adviser.
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Nov 30, 2021 • 50min
Three financial books you should read (and a free trial)
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https://www.medicsmoney.co.uk/recommended-reading-for-doctors/

Nov 23, 2021 • 25min
Ep 70 Does being a doctor still make £sense for medical students?
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Nov 16, 2021 • 31min
Ep 69 How the Autumn Budget Statement affects doctors
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Nov 9, 2021 • 24min
[BONUS] An 8 step plan to improve your finances
Bonus episode
Our podcast just passed 140,000 downloads and is regularly in the top 10 medical podcasts in the UK. Thanks to listners like you who have told your colleagues about us, together we are helping empower doctors to make better financial decisions and giving doctors the financial education that no one teaches us.
Download the ebook here
https://www.medicsmoney.co.uk/ebook/
There is NO WAY we could have done this without your support. To say thank you to all of you who've subscribed and told your colleagues about the podcast, we've recorded a bonus episode to help you make better financial decisions. We hope it will give you a simple formula to improve your finances.
Tip 1 – Calculate your net worth
Net worth is a useful metric to track your progress and in calculating it you will consider your current financial position. Remember,
£Net worth = £Total assets – £Total liabilities
If your net worth is a negative number, don’t panic. Both of us started with a significant negative net worth. Now you have calculated your net worth, think about how you can increase your assets and decrease your liabilities.
Tip 2 - Pay the right amount of tax
One way to decrease your total liabilities is to pay the correct amount of tax. This can be as simple as keeping an eye on your tax code and claiming tax rebates and as complex as starting a Ltd company for your private practice and investing in a Venture Capital Trust. As we’ve seen, doing nothing about tax will likely result in a significant overpayment of tax. You should also perform the basic annual checks on your NHS Pension to avoid incurring punitive tax charges.
Tip 3 - Protect your assets
As soon as possible, insure yourself against disaster. You need an emergency fund and unless you could afford to maintain your current lifestyle if you got sick and couldn’t work, you also need insurance. Protecting your assets can be as simple as buying life insurance and income protection and as complex as creating a will and trust for your assets should you die. Avoid the salespeople masquerading as advisers and use Medics’ Money to find an Independent Financial Adviser specialising in doctors to get the right policy for the right price.
Tip 4 - Spend less than you earn
Hopefully by now you understand why spending less than you earn is so vital. But you need to actually sit down and analyse your spending and set a budget. Don’t spend £139,000 on lunch at the hospital - it’s really not worth it. More details in the ebook https://www.medicsmoney.co.uk/ebook/
Tip 5 - Repay Bad debt
Bad debt is hindering your ability to build wealth and needs to be paid down as quickly as possible. You should not be investing before paying down bad debt. In contrast, good debt, if used correctly can significantly enhance your wealth.
Tip 6 - Invest for the future
In many ways by training as a doctor, dentist or other professional you’ve already made a great investment in your future. But unless you want to earn very penny of your wealth at the coalface of your chosen profession, you need to invest. Stop trading your time for money and make your money work for you. The earlier you start, the more you can benefit from compound interest. Investing is not hard and good investing is low maintenance, low cost and boring.
Tip 7 - Get the right advice for the right price
Given the way some elements of the financial advice industry operate, its right that you are wary about finding an adviser to help you. But unless your financial affairs are very simple, its likely at some stage of your career, you will benefit from the right advice for the right price. Armed with the knowledge you can interview and select the right advice for the right price, just as our proprietary algorithm does for thousands of doctors on Medics’ Money.
Tip 8 - Stay up to date
In the same way you keep your medical knowledge and skills up to date, the same is true for your financial knowledge and skills. Subscribe to our podcast and we will keep you up to date with all the latest financial news.

Nov 2, 2021 • 30min
Ep 67 Do doctors in Scotland pay more tax?
Today we answer the following questions from podcast listeners working in Scotland:
Do you really pay more tax in Scotland?
I have an NHS Pension and have moved from England to Scotland. Are there any implications of this?
What is the impact of electing for scheme to pay and does it differ from Scheme pays in England?
What should I do in relation to the McCloud/Sargeant Judgement?
What do you think concerns GP’s most just now
I am a newly qualified locum, what do I need to be aware of ?
As a newly qualified GP with a mortgage, student loan and high outgoings, is it still beneficial for me to join the pension scheme given that I am hearing of horrific tax liabilities in relation to pensions?
Should I set up a Limited company for my earnings?
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Oct 26, 2021 • 40min
Ep 66 The pros and cons of a limited company
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Oct 19, 2021 • 23min
Ep 65 - From Doctor to Healthtech Venture Capitalist with Dr Fiona Pathiraja
Links for todays episode
Fionas Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-healthtech-vc/id1533197764
Crista Galli Ventures
www.cristagalli.com
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Oct 12, 2021 • 16min
Ep 64 - Capital Gains Tax and property
Today podcast is all about Capital Gains tax on property.
When does an individual pay capital gains tax on a residential property?
How is the potential gain calculated?
What the difference categories of residential properties?
Are there any reliefs available when selling a residential property?
What if the property was gifted or inherited? Is there still capital gains tax to pay?
What if I gift a property to a family member or a third party? Surely if I’ve received no proceeds then no CGT is payable?
What are the rates of capital gains tax? Do you see this changing in the near future?
What about inter spouse transfers?
When does capital gains tax become payable? What are the new filing requirements?
Want to stay up to date with the latest financial information for doctors?
Join 28,000 doctors receiving free financial CPD via email by downloading our free ebook here
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Oct 5, 2021 • 39min
Ep 63 - Fighting Burnout with FIRE?
Some links Emma mentioned during our podcast:
Character strengths survey: https://www.viacharacter.org/
Box breathing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXirU-uX2vU&t=51s
Getting in touch with Emma:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dremmathurston/
Instagram: @dremmathurston
My website:www.halcyonwellness.co.uk

Sep 28, 2021 • 49min
Ep 62 Early retirement strategies for doctors
We are getting loads of questions from you about how to retire early, and not just from older doctors. Perhaps this reflects how difficult working in the NHS is right now.
Financial Independence Retire Early or FIRE is something we’ve talked about on the podcast Ep 7 and also on our blog and you may know that I’m a big fan of trying to reach Financial Independence FI.
But one thing I don’t see discussed much is how the NHS Pension can help you to retire early. So on todays podcast we discuss everything from when cna you retire from the NHS, how can you top up your pension including a discussion about using erbos. We also talk about private pensions and ISAs and we also talk about my own early retirement strategy, which is pretty simple.
As ever this podcast is for information only and does not represent financial advice. The value of investments can rise and fall and you may get back less than you invested.
If you like this podcast don’t forget to rate review and subscribe and as we continue on our mission to empower doctors to make better financial decisions.
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