If you’ve been made redundant and have more than one NHS job, you can either:
- take your benefits for membership in the job from which you’re retiring prematurely
- take your benefits for membership in all your employments by having a break of at least 24-hours in your contract of employment.
Check if you're eligible to claim your pension early on redundancy grounds.
If you’ve transitioned from the 1995 Section to the 2015 Scheme and claim your pension early due to redundancy or interests of the efficiency before age 55, only benefits from the 1995 Section are available. You must have reached the minimum pension age of 50 in this Section of the Scheme.
If you've transitioned from the 2008 Section to the 2015 Scheme, you may claim your pension early due to redundancy or interests of the efficiency from both the 2015 Scheme and those from your earlier membership. You must have reached the minimum pension age of 55.