We've been informed by the Department for Education (DfE) that Optima Health have taken over the responsibility to provide medical advisory services to support our Ill-health Retirement applications from OH Assist.

Optima Health is a leading supplier of Occupational Health and Pensions services in the United Kingdom and has the skills and experience to deliver this new contract.

Following a successful transition period, there has been a seamless transfer to the new contract which happened on the 1 October 2019, and will continue to run for a period of two years and six months.

The DfE have stated that they're looking forward to continuing to work together to deliver a high quality service to our members.