Flexible retirement is a popular option for staff approaching retirement and is something which is widely utilised throughout the NHS. Flexible retirement provides the Trust with resilience opportunities, helps to fill vacancies for hard to fill posts and provides a way of retaining experienced and highly skilled staff who may otherwise stop working.

In the NHS Pension Scheme there are a number of options that allow changes to the way in which people work without a major or negative impact on their future pension nor the need to leave work, and the pension scheme completely. 

The options available for consideration as part of flexible retirement within the NHS can be explored on the NHS Employers website.