A GP surgery manager who deducted pension payments from her staff’s wages but failed to pay them into the NHS pension scheme has been handed seven years of bankruptcy restrictions.
Sonia Simkins, 54, from Foxglove Way in Dudley, ran Hawes Lane Surgery in Rowley Regis, which closed in July 2024 after Simkins was made bankrupt.
It served nearly 4,000 patients and employed 10 staff, including a GP, receptionists and admin workers.
An investigation by the Official Receiver found that between August 2019 and December 2020, and again from June 2023 to June 2024, Simkins deducted over £25,000 in pension contributions from staff wages but failed to pass the money on to the NHS pension fund.
She also didn’t pay more than…
