Retire Well

With an aging workforce and ‘retirement’ the most cited reason for leaving NHS work at present, action is needed to ensure that employees with valuable experience and skills, entering the late stages of their career, are given the opportunity to consider flexible retirement options and the chance to contribute to succession planning.

It is important to remember that providing and taking part in discussions or questionnaires to collect data relating to the reasons why employees leave their role, contributes to the provision of a safe space to express views and towards gathering insights that can be used to shape learning and improvements.

The opportunity for an employee entering the late stages of their career to review their role and working routine and select a flexible retirement option could offer improved work life balance and the retention of valuable skills and experience. Find out what flexible retirement options there are.