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Ill health

If you're an employer supporting a member with an ill health application, we've made the process as easy as possible to navigate on our website. 

The following information gives you all that you'll need, including an ill health guide for employers, a checklist and a selection of forms you may need to use. 

Start the process by reading through our factsheets for information about members retiring on ill health.

Ill health guide for employers (PDF: 2MB)

Read this guidance before providing members with an AW33E. You should also read our employer checklist and make sure that all sections of the form are signed and dated before submission.

lll health employer checklist (PDF: 203KB)

Forms you may need:Consideration of entitlement to ill health retirement benefits (AW33E) (PDF: 625KB)Guidance notes for the registered medical practitioner completing form AW33E Part C (PDF: 184KB)Application to commute ill-health retirement benefits (AW341) (PDF: 167KB)Application to commute age retirement benefits on grounds of serious ill-health (AW341a) (PDF: 156KB)AW311 Supplementary form (Excel: 57.1KB)