Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101046

NHS: Redundancy Pay

Tabled: 17 December 2025

Answered: 7 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Nadia Whittome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of partial retirement for NHS staff on redundancy entitlements; and what discussions his Department has had with NHS representatives

Answer

Karin Smyth

Partial retirement does not mean that National Health Service staff are ineligible for redundancy payments. However, taking partial retirement may change the way in which contractual redundancy payments are calculated.The rules concerning the calculation ...

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