Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 108836
NHS: Retirement
Tabled: 27 January 2026
Answered: 3 February 2026
Question
James Naish
Labour — Rushcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of guidance provided to NHS staff considering partial retirement under the NHS partial retirement scheme in relation to the potential impact
Answer
Karin SmythPartial 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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