Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of negative pension input amounts on the retention of senior clinicians in the NHS.

The generosity of the NHS Pension Scheme and well-remunerated careers means that some senior clinicians exceed their allowances for tax-free pension saving. This may be a factor in personal decisions around working patterns and retirement. ‘Our plan for patients’ announced that we will change Pension Scheme rules to ensure the current high inflation environment does not expose National Health Service staff to higher annual allowance tax charges on the pension they earn this year.