Guidance

Mutually Agreed Resignation or Voluntary Severance schemes

Published 3 June 2015

Applies to England

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1. Conditions of the updated process for schemes

  1. Each scheme is to be on the terms of the past national NHS Mutually Agreed Resignation (MAR) scheme (subject to 2 below)
  2. Each individual payment is not to be greater than £80,000 in respect of any individual
  3. Each scheme is not to operate for more than 3 months in duration
  4. Each scheme is to be appropriately considered and authorised by the trust’s board
  5. Each scheme is to be notified to Monitor, the sector regulator for healthcare, in advance

If a proposed trust scheme meets conditions 1-4, the trust does not require permission from HM Treasury (HMT) but can go ahead subject to informing us formally (condition 5).

Please inform your relationship management team at Monitor and compliance@monitor.gov.uk.

2. What to do if a proposed scheme does not meet the conditions

If a proposed trust scheme does not meet these conditions, and the trust is unwilling to amend it to meet those conditions, then the trust will require explicit authorisation from HMT and will need to submit to Monitor the following:

  • the proposed scheme terms
  • a schedule of differences between their proposed scheme and the past national NHS MAR scheme (and if condition 3 is met or not met)
  • the proposed duration of the scheme

We will then pass on the request for authorisation to HMT, who will decide. Again please submit such requests to your relationship management team at Monitor and compliance@monitor.gov.uk.

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