Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

Please provide information on the number and average age when general practitioners, hospital doctors and dentists claimed their pension on the basis of age, early retirement, and ill health. Please provide this information for each month from June 2022 to June 2023.

Your request was received on 6th July and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   

Response

A copy of the information is attached.

Please be aware that I have decided not to release the full details where the total number of the staff members falls below five. This is because the members of staff could be identified, when combined with other information that may be in the public domain or reasonably available.

This information falls under the exemption in section 40 subsections 2 and 3 (a) of the Freedom of Information Act. This is because it would breach the first data protection principle as:

a) it is not fair to disclose staff members’ personal details to the world and is likely to cause damage or distress.

b) these details are not of sufficient interest to the public to warrant an intrusion into the privacy of the members of staff. Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at: 

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01283

Data Queries 

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 

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