More than 40,000 have walked away from the NHS in the past year

[AnnieS]

@Bread

They worked as limited companies through agencies, the same as IT contractors so they could claim VAT, minimise tax through dividends instead of PAYE, claim back expenses pre-tax etc.

There are a few ways to work around IR35 but as its the agency that gets fined for getting it wrong (2017 changes I think), a lot of them are risk averse so put everyone under the rule. In many cases, you cannot provide services to large companies (including the NHS) if you are not a registered limited company (in my case as well).

Who are they? How many doctors and nurses were in this position? They would have been recruited via an unorthodox route if they were medical and affected by IR35. Do you have any data to demonstrate that the reason 40,000 medics have walked away is because they were all recruited via limited company arrangements affected by IR35 and disappointed with the change?

[Bread]

They are Doctors and Nurses

[AnnieS]

of course they are…

[Bread]

Another example is locums