Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following information relating to members of the 1995 section of the NHS Pension Scheme: Please provide, as at today’s date: a. The total number of all doctor members, ( both officer and practitioner ), who have membership in the 1995 scheme and have reached their normal pension age of 60. b. The number of those doctor members who have reached 60, but not yet claimed or commenced payment of their accrued benefits under the 1995 section. Please confirm whether the data include members who continue to contribute beyond age 60 without drawing benefits. I would be grateful if you could acknowledge receipt of this request and provide the information within the 20 working‐day statutory timeframe

Response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested is attached.

Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.

Data is live and provided as is on the date of extract, 15 September 2025. All members with any ‘medical staff’ (Capacity 03) service in the 1995 Section are in scope; this includes those currently contributing to the scheme, those with deferred benefits, and those who have claimed their 1995 Section benefits (including those who are now deceased). Only those who are over age 60 as of the date of reporting, 15 September 2025, are included.

Questions 2 and 2a are restricted to active or deferred members who have not yet claimed any of their 1995 Section pension benefits and are over age 60 as of the date of reporting, 15 September 2025.

Some members may hold Mental Health Officer (MHO) or Special Class Status, which could allow them to retire earlier than the normal pension age of 60.

Members may have additional and/or concurrent non-medical service and may not be actively working in a medical capacity today. Members may have benefits (claimed or unclaimed) in the 2008 Section or the 2015 Scheme.

For a full list of high level roles associated with each capacity code (including 03 used for this request) please refer to the below link: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/2020-01/Capacity%20code%20list%20-20200127-%28V5%29.pdf

Data Queries

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.

Reusing the data and copyright

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.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHSBSA Copyright 2025”. Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.