Fewer clinicians using partial retirement

Partial retirement was introduced for NHSPS members, aged 55 and over, to keep experienced doctors working in the NHS, who might otherwise choose to retire fully. According to the latest data there has been a marked decline in the number of hospital doctors and GPs opting for partial retirement. A freedom of information request by Wesleyan Financial Services found 459 completed applications for partial retirement have been made by medical staff for the first five months of the year, nearly half the amount of the same period the year before (869). Of the applications completed so far for 2025, 428 were filed by hospital doctors (vs. 824 last year – while just 31 were from GPs (vs. 45 last year). Read more.