Mentions:
1: Baroness Hughes of Stretford (Lab - Life peer) given to people who are not in “genuine need”.It also ignores the impact of long waiting lists for NHS - Speech Link
2: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD - Life peer) It is not the fault of people who are ill or disabled that the Government have massive NHS backlogs; - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) Poor pensions go with disability, and this needs to be acknowledged. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) worsening delays in NHS treatment are a big factor in the increase in the number of people applying - Speech Link
5: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Thanks to the incredible work of NHS staff, we have virtually eliminated waits of 18 months. - Speech Link
Mar. 21 2024
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Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact on (a) physical and (b) mental wellbeing of the NHS workforce working beyond the age of the current state pension age.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
No recent assessment has been made. National Health Service staff are not expected to work beyond state pension age, though some choose to do so. The NHS Pension Scheme is generous, and provides good pensions for retirement. The scheme offers a partial retirement option, which allows staff to draw down part of their pension and continue working in a more flexible way.
The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan commits to going beyond statutory requirements in supporting and promoting flexible working opportunities. NHS England have produced guidance for employers on supporting their older workforce, together with a wide-ranging package of support for NHS staff. This includes tools and resources to support line managers to hold meaningful conversations with staff to discuss their well-being, and emotional and psychological health and wellbeing support.
Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the (a) physical and (b) mental ability of NHS staff to work beyond the state pension age.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
No recent assessment has been made. National Health Service staff are not expected to work beyond state pension age, though some choose to do so. The NHS Pension Scheme is generous, and provides good pensions for retirement. The scheme offers a partial retirement option, which allows staff to draw down part of their pension and continue working in a more flexible way.
The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan commits to going beyond statutory requirements in supporting and promoting flexible working opportunities. NHS England have produced guidance for employers on supporting their older workforce, together with a wide-ranging package of support for NHS staff. This includes tools and resources to support line managers to hold meaningful conversations with staff to discuss their well-being, and emotional and psychological health and wellbeing support.
Asked by: Charlotte Nichols (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the (a) physical and (b) mental ability of NHS staff to work beyond the state pension age.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
No recent assessment has been made. National Health Service staff are not expected to work beyond state pension age, though some choose to do so. The NHS Pension Scheme is generous, and provides good pensions for retirement. The scheme offers a partial retirement option, which allows staff to draw down part of their pension and continue working in a more flexible way.
The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan commits to going beyond statutory requirements in supporting and promoting flexible working opportunities. NHS England have produced guidance for employers on supporting their older workforce, together with a wide-ranging package of support for NHS staff. This includes tools and resources to support line managers to hold meaningful conversations with staff to discuss their well-being, and emotional and psychological health and wellbeing support.
Mentions:
1: Ed Davey (LD - Kingston and Surbiton) It is about the link between care and the NHS. Carers do such a fantastic job. - Speech Link
2: Vicky Foxcroft (Lab - Lewisham, Deptford) Alongside our 10-year plan for change and modernisation of the NHS, Labour will deliver a long-term plan - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Apsana Begum (Lab - Poplar and Limehouse) The impact of the staffing crisis in the Department for Work and Pensions is creating an“epidemic of - Speech Link
2: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) have to say that it is a devastating report about the staffing crisis in the Department for Work and Pensions - Speech Link
3: Tulip Siddiq (Lab - Hampstead and Kilburn) That is why the next Labour Government will fully transform the NHS. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jeremy Hunt (Con - South West Surrey) We will give new powers to the Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority to ensure better - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Hunt (Con - South West Surrey) I start with our biggest and most important public service: the NHS. - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Hunt (Con - South West Surrey) When we published the NHS long-term workforce plan, I asked the NHS to put together a plan to transform - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Arthur, Tom (SNP - Renfrewshire South) provide support as it continues to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic; £134 million to police and fire pensions - Speech Link
2: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) There is a baseline from the Department for Work and Pensions. - Speech Link
3: Arthur, Tom (SNP - Renfrewshire South) Let me take that away and speak to pensions officials about it, because I do not want to give you an - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Viscount Chandos (Lab - Life peer) The desperate state of the NHS exacerbates this problem. - Speech Link
2: Lord Skidelsky (XB - Life peer) So better pensions cannot be the explanation for the spurt in inactivity. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Noakes (Con - Life peer) My noble friend Lord Bridges of Headley then wrote to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who - Speech Link
4: Lord Bilimoria (XB - Life peer) It then became the national employment panel in the Department for Work and Pensions. - Speech Link