RPSM08200080 - Member Pages: Pension age: What happens if I return to good health?

What happens if I return to good health?

The amount of pension you receive cannot normally reduce from one year to the next, with a few exceptions. One of these exceptions is if you are receiving a scheme pension on the grounds of ill-health. The tax rules allow such a pension to be reduced or even stopped at any time. After such a change it may later recommence or increase back to the earlier rate or to some intermediate amount. Usually scheme rules will take advantage of such a facility only in order to provide a level of pension appropriate to your capacity to resume your occupation. Whether the scheme does this, and to what extent, will depend on the rules of the particular scheme you are in.