Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 108838

NHS: Retirement

Tabled: 27 January 2026
Answered: 5 February 2026

Question

James Naish

LabourRushcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when Section 16 of the NHS Staff Terms and Conditions (Agenda for Change) handbook was last reviewed in relation to the partial retirement scheme introduced in October 2023; and whether his Departm

Answer

Karin Smyth
Section 16 of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service handbook, also referred to as Agenda for Change, was last updated in 2015. This section sets out the contractual redundancy provisions for staff covered by these terms and conditions and took effect in...

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