Pre-budget NHS scheme exits paint positive picture for LTA

155,092 members pushed out of the scheme in eight months

Hope William-Smith
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Pre-budget NHS scheme exits paint positive picture for LTA

More than 50,000 people left the NHS Pension Scheme in the first half of the last tax year, with more than a third citing cost pressures.

A freedom of information request from Quilter to the NHS Business Services Authority - published yesterday (24 April) - confirmed costs drove 53,762 members out between April and December last year...

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