The UK and Scottish Working Longer Groups have worked collaboratively to develop resources for employers and employees.
These resources will help organisations prepare for the challenges that an ageing workforce will bring. They are easy to access, download and share with colleagues.
| Topic | Resource |
| Age awareness toolkit | Our toolkit is designed to help employers work in partnership with trade union colleagues to create organisational awareness of the opportunities and challenges associated with an ageing workforce. |
| Improving your understanding of the NHS Pension Scheme: Information for HR teams | Over 70 per cent of NHS staff will not be able to access their full pension benefits until they are in their mid to late 60s. Our information pack is designed to help HR teams fully understand the NHS Pension Scheme and its provisions from a strategic workforce planning perspective. This will enable HR teams to support staff to work to their later retirement age. |
| Flexible retirement factsheet – employers | Our factsheet for employers introduces the retirement flexibilities available to members of the NHS Pension Scheme from an employer’s perspective. |
| Flexible retirement factsheet – employees | Our factsheet for employees discusses the subject from an employee’s perspective. |
| Flexible retirement – options checklist poster | Our flexible retirement options checklist poster clearly shows which retirement flexibility option is available to individuals in each of the NHS Pension Scheme sections or schemes. |
| Implications of a raised retirement age for employers | What are the implications for your organisation of a raised retirement age? See our factsheet for employers. |
| Implications of a raised retirement age for employees | What are the implications for you of a raised retirement age? See our factsheet for employees. |
| Information on the Early Retirement Reduction Buy Out (ERRBO) | The 2015 NHSScotland Pension Scheme contains a provision to buy out the reduction that would apply if retirement benefits were claimed before normal pension age (NPA). See the Scottish Public Pensions Agency factsheet on this subject for more information. |
| Case study – raising awareness of an ageing workforce | Read our case study to find out how Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is using the resources in our age awareness toolkit to age profile its workforce, assess organisational readiness and raise awareness within the senior team. It also shares tips on how you can raise awareness of an ageing workforce within your organisation. |
| Case study – engagement event finds out what staff need to be supported to work longer | Read our case study to find out how Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board planned an engagement event to find out what staff need in order to be supported to work longer. |
| Case study – using flexible retirement to support workforce planning | This insightful case study looks at how City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust age profile their workforce to assist in their workforce and succession planning, and how they retain a skilled workforce in hard to recruit areas by using the flexibilities available in the NHS Pension Scheme. |
| Case study – Making flexible retirement a board priority | This informative case study explores how Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust ensure working longer is a Board priority, how they use their existing policies to enable staff to work longer and what plans they have to increase awareness of the flexibilities within the NHS Pension Scheme among staff. |
| Case study – promoting a culture that supports flexible retirement | This informative case study outlines how the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust promotes a culture where flexible working is key to an effective workforce and staff are supported to consider a range of options when approaching retirement. |
| An ageing workforce and your organisation – video | In our video members of the UK Working Longer Group discuss the ageing NHS workforce, its implications for staff, individuals, organisations and patients. The video includes key ageing workforce statistics and what some NHS organisations are already doing to prepare. |
| The ageing workforce – what is the existing practice in NHS organisations? | Our blog looks at the key themes that emerged from the Group’s research into how the NHS is being affected by an ageing workforce and what organisations are doing or are looking to do to support staff to work to a raised retirement age. |
| Our workforce is ageing – blog
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Dawn Preece, deputy head of human resources at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust talks about the challenges and opportunities of an ageing workforce in her series of blogs.
· In Dawns first blog, read about how the Trust started their task and finish group and how they identified priority areas of work. · In her second blog, Dawn talks about the Trust’s progress on two actions including the directorate data template and guidance for managers and staff on flexible retirement options. |
| Share your learning | Is your organisation doing something innovative to tackle the challenges and opportunities associated with an ageing workforce? We want to hear from you. |
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