Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 80713

Ambulance Services: Conditions of Employment

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Noah Law

LabourSt Austell and Newquay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of reclassifying the NHS ambulance service as an emergency service on (a) retirement age, (b) pension entitlements and (c) othe

Answer

Karin Smyth
National Health Service ambulance staff are entitled to NHS Pension Scheme membership. There are no plans to reclassify these staff as being entitled to Police or Firefighter’s Pension Scheme membership, or to a separate scheme with similar terms. This re...

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