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Electronic Staff Record (ESR)

Information and guides to help you use the Electronic Staff Record.

ESR best working practice guide (PDF: 122KB)

For information on how to ESR works for NHS Pensions and feeds data to and from POL via the interface, refer to the Pensions section in the ESR User Manual on the ESR Hub. (You will need to be logged into ESR to access this information.)

The Pensions section of the ESR User Manual covers a range of areas, including:

  • Absence and the effect on Pensions
  • Cyclic Automatic Pension Re-Enrolment
  • ESR Inbound Interface (NHS Pensions to ESR)
  • ESR Outbound Interface (ESR to NHS Pensions)
  • ESR Pension Reporting
  • Managing Errors for Pensions Auto Enrolment and Re-Enrolment
  • Pension - How it works in ESR
  • Pension Auto-Enrolment
  • Pension Auto-Enrolment and Re-Enrolment Letters
  • Pensions Band Reassessment
  • Stakeholder and Local Pension Schemes

A guide to ESR-NHS Pensions interface reports (Fatal Errors/Warnings) (PDF: 451KB)