A MARS is a form of voluntary severance.
It’s designed to allow employees, in agreement with their employer, to choose to leave their employment voluntarily in return for a severance payment.
MARS is not redundancy and is not linked to the NHS Pension Scheme.
For NHS Pension purposes, if you've accepted MARS, you've voluntarily resigned from your post.
Read more information about MARS on the NHS employers website.
If you've opted for MARS, you may be able to apply for:
- actuarially reduced early retirement (ARER)
- age retirement
- consideration of entitlement to early payment of preserved benefits (EPPB) on the grounds of ill health
Read more information on age retirement, ARER and EPPB due to ill health on our website.