Request

Please provide data on the numbers of NHS staff claiming their NHS Pension on a voluntary early retirement (VER) basis.

Please provide the data on a monthly or quarterly basis for the staff groups which are used by NHS Digital in the monthly NHS Workforce Statistics, and using the same date range if possible (September 2009 to latest).

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics

Please provide the data in an Excel spreadsheet.

Response

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHS Business Services Authority.

The data which you have linked to is not held by the NHSBSA meaning we are unable to refer to it to answer an FOI request, and the records held, regarding NHS Pensions members, is not structured in the same way. The NHSBSA does hold information which may be of interest to you, which was disclosed recently in response to an FOI request. This can be found published in our disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-24417

If this data meets your needs and would like this data broken down monthly, please submit a fresh request.

Please note that this response will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-25505

Your personal details will be removed from the published response.