Thank you for your request for information as outlined below:

1. How many practitioner pension scheme members retired from the NHS in England and Wales in each of the following years:

a) April 2018 to March 2019

b) April 2019 to March 2020

c) April 2020 to March 2021

d) April 2021 to March 2022

e) April 2022 to end of January 2023.

2. What was the average age of practitioner scheme members at their date of retirement for each of the following years?

a) April 2018 to March 2019

b) April 2019 to March 2020

c) April 2020 to March 2021

d) April 2021 to March 2022

e) April 2022 to end of January 2023.

3. How many practitioner scheme members were under 60 and took early voluntary retirement in each of the following years?

a) April 2018 to March 2019

b) April 2019 to March 2020

c) April 2020 to March 2021

d) April 2021 to March 2022

e) April 2022 to end of January 2023.

4. How many practitioner scheme members retired due to ill health in each of the following years?

a) April 2018 to March 2019

b) April 2019 to March 2020

c) April 2020 to March 2021

d) April 2021 to March 2022

e) April 2022 to end of January 2023

Your request was received on 21 February 2023 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 read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.

• A Practitioner Scheme member provides services (medical, dental, or ophthalmic) on a self-employed basis.

• Members may be counted multiple times if they have claimed different awards in different years.

• The data provided in this FOI response counts all practitioner scheme members and includes both clinicians and non-clinicians.

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