Planning your retirement, understanding your pension and even knowing how to make things easier for your family when you’re not around anymore can all feel a bit confusing, overwhelming and daunting.

To help simplify this, Gateshead Health hosts a range of quarterly sessions focused around retirement and pensions, helping you to better understand the options available to you and make more well-informed decisions.

Spring Sessions:

  • Planning for Retirement – Wednesday 9th April, 9:30am – 3:30pm (Room 4, Education Centre/Trust HQ):
    A 6-hour workshop held on-site at the QE Hospital which aims to help you better understand your options, the steps you might need to take to organise your retirement and provide you with a chance to discuss and reflect on how you might cope with change and adapt to your retirement. A full agenda for this session can be seen here. Places should be booked via the ‘My Learning’ area in ESR. For support with this, please email [email protected].
  • Understanding Your Options for Partial Retirement – Wednesday 7th May, 10:00am – 12:00pm (MS Teams):
    A 2-hour online session aimed at members of the 1995 section of the NHS Pension Scheme, hosted via Teams. This session aims to help you understand changes to pension draw down options available, how they should be considered when planning retirement and other options to be aware of. Places should be booked via the ‘My Learning’ area in ESR. For support with this, please email [email protected].
  • Retirement Cafe Drop-In Session – Wednesday 7th May, 1:30pm – 3:30pm (Listening Space):0
    Held on-site in the Listening Space at the QE Hospital, these popular sessions are available to attend on a drop-in basis and are for any employee at any point in their career journey. Those who drop by will be given a chance to chat with a payroll/pension representative, explore and better understand your retirement options and discuss them with an advisor. Those attending should bring a copy of their pension forecast, accessible through ESR. No booking is needed for this session – just drop by during the hours listed.
  • Your Pension and the Public Service Remedy – Thursday 15th May, 9:30am – 11:00am (MS Teams):
    A targeted online session for those impacted by the Public Sector Age Discrimination Remedy (also known as the McCloud Remedy), to better understand the options available to you and to select the right one for you. You’re eligible to register for one of these quarterly sessions if you joined the NHS Pension Scheme on or before 31st March 2012 and were either a member on or after 1st April 2015 or left service after 31st March 2012, but returned within 5 years. Places should be booked via the ‘My Learning’ area in ESR. For support with this, please email [email protected].

Future sessions:

Dates for future sessions, including those taking place through the summer and autumn, can be found over on our new Reward and Recognition area on StaffZone.