Local Government Pension Scheme (PO-6315)
Complainant: Ms Lynne Thomson
Complaint Topic: Ill Health
Ref: PO-6315
Outcome: Upheld
Respondent: 1. Wakefield Council
2. West Yorkshire Pension Fund
2. West Yorkshire Pension Fund
Type: Pension complaint or dispute
Date:
Complaint summary
Ms Thomson complains that the Council did not consider her applications for ill-health early retirement from deferred LGPS membership and for early retirement on compassionate grounds.
The Deputy Pensions Ombudsman’s determination and short reasons
The complaint should be upheld against the Council because Ms Thomson was not given an opportunity to consent to release her medical records so that her ill-health application may be reconsidered.
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