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NHS: Retirement

Asked by James NaishLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 5 February 2026UIN 108837

The question

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.

Answered by Karin Smyth

There 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.

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