Most police officers, although not all, will be members of an occupational pension scheme. This national guidance relates to the pension arrangements for police officers. The Police Pension Regulations 2015 are now the active Regulations that apply. There are separate pension schemes for police officers and police staff.
A Police Medical Retirement Working Group was convened under the auspices of the NPCC Clinical Governance Group. The objective was to improve the service-wide management of the police ill health retirement process for police officers and, through its consistent application, to improve the experience of those undergoing the process. The intention was to produce a good practice framework for forces to use locally. This guidance is part of the life cycle approach of the national health and wellbeing strategy.