financial advice for doctors
Built for Medical Careers

Tailored Financial Advice for Doctors, Dentists, and Medical Professionals in the UK

From your first rotation to retirement, you need more than generic advice. You need a plan that understands the demands of your profession. We offer financial advice for doctors in the UK that’s structured, strategic, and built around your income, time, and goals. Whether you’re managing locum shifts, planning private practice, or retiring from the NHS, we bring clarity and confidence to every financial decision.

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HOW TO GET STARTED

How We Help Medical Professional Build and Protect Wealth

  • Step One: Book Your Initial Chat

    Have a one-on-one chat about your career, your goals, and where you want your money to take you. Get expert guidance on wealth management, tax planning, and investing built around your medical career.

  • Step Two: Get Your Personalised Plan

    We’ll outline a tailored financial strategy based on your stage, structure, and earning model — whether you’re salaried, self-employed or both.

  • Step Three: Review and Adjust as Life Changes

    As your career evolves, so will your financial plan. We provide ongoing reviews and proactive updates to keep everything aligned. Practical. Clear. Built around your medical career.

Getting started is simple. Book an initial consultation with our team to discuss your goals, career stage, and financial priorities. We’ll walk you through our tailored approach, answer your questions, and outline the next steps.

The value of an investment with St. James’s Place will be directly linked to the performance of the funds you select and the value can therefore go down as well as up. You may get back less than you invested.

Trusted by Medical Professionals

Why Doctors and Dentists Trust Connolly Financial Planning?

From resident doctors to retired consultants, we’ve supported hundreds of medical professionals across the UK with personalised financial advice. We understand the NHS pension system, private income structures, and the pressures that come with high-earning but time-poor roles. We offer specialised financial advice for resident doctors, wealth management for dentists, and legacy planning for retired doctors and SAS doctors. As one of the best wealth management firms for doctors and grounded in your day-to-day
reality.

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What Sets Us Apart?

We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all. We work with doctors at every career stage to provide deeply personal advice that reflects your career path and ambitions.

  • Specialist Advisers for Medical Professionals
  • NHS pension guidance and private pension strategy
  • Tax planning for private and mixed-income doctors
  • Investment advice based on your risk and goals
  • Private Practice Structuring with support for buying, selling, or running a practice

 

The value of an investment with St. James’s Place will be directly linked to the performance of the funds you select and the value can therefore go down as well as up. You may get back less than you invested.

 

*This may involve the referral to a service which is separate and distinct to those offered by St. James’s Place.

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    Understand the Lifecycle of a Medical Career

     

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    Supporting Surgeons, Dentists, GPs and Retired Consultants

     

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    Advice tailored to short careers and long futures

     

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    Transparent fees. No surprises.

     

Frequently Asked Questions

No. While we regularly advise private practitioners, our financial advice is tailored to all medical professionals across the UK including NHS consultants, SAS doctors, resident doctors, GPs, and retired professionals. Each career path brings different financial realities, from NHS pension complexity to balancing dual income streams. Whether you’re fully NHS, entirely private, or a mix of both, we help you navigate it with confidence.

Not at all. In fact, this is one of the most important times to start. Early planning means you can build long-term wealth, avoid common tax pitfalls, and make smart decisions about pensions and savings from the beginning of your career. We offer financial advice form resident doctors that evolves as you progress.

Private income often comes with inconsistent timing and tax obligations. We help you set up the right business structure (e.g., limited company vs. sole trader), manage allowable expenses, and stay on top of tax planning. This ensures you don’t pay more tax than necessary and your cash flow is smooth year-round.

There’s no one-size-fits-all answer. The best options depend on your risk tolerance, income structure, goals, and stage of career. We may recommend a mix of ISAs, pensions, investment bonds, trusts – always as part of a cohesive strategy. Our goal is to offer the best financial advice for doctors that aligns with your life.

For many doctors, yes. The NHS pension is generous but has limits, especially if you’re expecting a long or high-earning career. Private pensions (like SIPPs) give you greater control, extra tax benefits, and a way to diversify income streams for retirement. We help
assess how both fit into your long-term plan

Flexibility is key. We’ll help you set up an account structure that allows you to cover 3–6
months of living expenses even with irregular income. For doctors on locum or rotation, we
build emergency savings plans that align with the realities of your workload, location
changes, and income flow.

It depends on your age, career stage, and goals. We help you build a strategy that balances
security (via the NHS pension), tax efficiency (through ISAs), and long-term growth (via
private investments). You’ll have a diversified setup that grows with your career.

Many doctors are drawn to property for its tangibility and income potential, but it’s not always the most tax-efficient or hands-free. Others prefer stock market exposure through funds or ISAs. We help assess which asset classes best suit your goals, risk profile, and lifestyle.

Yes, with planning. Whether it’s for travel, research, family, or mental health, we help build a financial cushion and income bridge so you can take time off without jeopardising your future. If moving abroad, we consider currency exposure, NHS contributions, and your longer-term pension and investment structure.

This decision depends on your exit goals. Selling may bring a large one-time gain but requires timing, valuation, and tax strategy. Handing over to a family member or partner can preserve your legacy but may involve more gradual transition and financial planning. We’ll help you weigh the pros and cons in line with your retirement and tax goals.

Doctors often face higher tax bills due to NHS overtime, private practice, or locum work. You can stay compliant while reducing liabilities by making full use of pension tax relief, saving through ISAs, structuring private income correctly, and claiming allowable professional expenses. Rules change frequently, so tailored financial advice for doctors UK-wide helps ensure you keep more of what you earn without taking unnecessary risks.

Reinvesting in your practice may increase revenue and business value—but can also expose you to risk if all your wealth is tied to one asset. Diversifying into pensions, stocks, property, or passive investments provides financial resilience. We help you strike the right balance between growing your business and protecting your personal wealth.

The value of an investment with St. James’s Place will be directly linked to the performance of the funds you select and the value can therefore godown as well as up. You may get back less than you invested.

The levels and bases of taxation, and reliefs from taxation, can change at any time. The value of any tax relief depends on individual circumstances.

Trusts are not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

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