Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) NHS-employed doctors, and (2) self-employed GPs who are members of the NHS pension plan, who retired in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, and (c) 2024, were (i) 60 years old and younger, (ii) 61–67 years old, and (iii) 68 years old and over.

The following table shows the number of National Health Service employed doctors, and self-employed general practitioners (GPs) who are members of the NHS pension plan, who retired in 2022, 2023, or 2024, and who were aged 60 years old and younger, 61 to 67 years old, or 68 years old and over:

The data is unpublished and is provided by the NHS Business Services Authority which administers the NHS Pension Scheme. Normal pension ages vary across the NHS Pension Schemes. In the 1995 section of the legacy scheme, the normal pension age is 60 years old, and in the 2008 section of that scheme, it is 65 years old. In both these sections, actuarially reduced benefits can be taken from 55 years old, or 50 years old in some cases. In the 2015 scheme, the normal pension age is 65 years old or State Pension age, whichever is later, and reduced benefits can be accessed from 55 years old.