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<p>The following table shows the number of pensioner members of the NHS Pension Scheme
who retired whilst working part-time, the number of members who worked part-time throughout
their career, and the number of members who moved to part-time hours during the final
five years prior to retirement.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Pensioner
members who worked part-time on their last day of service</p></td><td><p>Pensioner
members who worked part-time hours throughout their career</p></td><td><p>Pensioner
members who were whole-time and only went part-time in final five years prior to last
day of service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of members</p></td><td><p>365,851</p></td><td><p>183,511</p></td><td><p>42,239</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note:
Approximately 40,000 pensioner members had pensions put into payment before the NHS
Business Services Authority modernised their administration systems, so their former
working pattern is unknown.</p><p>All members of the final salary section of the 1995/2008
NHS pension scheme have their pension calculated using their full-time equivalent
pay. A decision to work part-time hours means that the length of pensionable service
built up is proportionately less compared to a full-time member. However it does not
affect their final pensionable pay providing their whole-time equivalent pay figure
remains the same. Members of the 2015 NHS Pension Scheme build up pensions using a
Career Average Revalued Earnings method. This means that their pension is based on
the actual pay earned in each year. A decision to work part-time does not affect the
value of the pension accrued in earlier years.</p>
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