Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 108837
NHS: Retirement
Tabled: 27 January 2026
Answered: 5 February 2026
Question
James Naish
Labour — Rushcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an Equality Impact Assessment was conducted on the differential treatment of NHS staff who have taken partial retirement under the NHS partial retirement scheme.
Answer
Karin SmythThere is no National Health Service partial retirement scheme. Partial retirement has existed as an option for some members of the NHS Pension Schemes since 2008. It was extended to members of the 1995 Section of the legacy NHS Pension Scheme in 2023.