PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Nurses: Pensions (30 November 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to reduce the number of nurses leaving the NHS pension scheme.
Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
Answer
Approximately 88% of National Health Service nurses and health visitors are members of the NHS Pension Scheme. NHS England’s retention programme will allow employers to make flexible employment offers to staff and promote the value of the Pension Scheme. NHS England is delivering seminars on the Scheme and how flexible retirement options can encourage staff to stay or retire and return to the NHS.
Answered by:
Will Quince (Conservative)
8 December 2022
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