NHS I’ll health retirement

jackiekkk

Hi
can anyone please help me with a query? If you get Tier one ill heath retirement under the 1995 section , can you work for the NHS after your normal pension age? If so, would there be any penalties? My situation is I am now 4 months into long term sickness and will be 59 in 2 months but it is looking like I will not recover sufficiently to return to my previous role before my normal pension age (60 under the 1995 section). However, there is a possibility that my condition may improve in the longer term.

rnj

"To qualify for ill health retirement benefits you must retire from pensionable employment because of illness or injury and either: • be permanently incapable of efficiently carrying out the duties of your employment because of illness or injury (Tier 1 pension)"

Tier 1 ill health is your accrued pension to date, therefore if you are going at 60 anyway you will pretty much receive full pension either way. As I understand it, you can return to work but you cannot return to the same job - otherwise you wouldn't get ill health retirement.