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NHS Pension Scheme regulations changing for part-time NHS staff
All NHS employers need to act now to make sure staff don’t miss out on pension contributions.
On 1 April 2025, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) made a retrospective change to the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations 2015. The changes make…
The NHS Pensions Podcast – Applying for your pension
The fourth episode of our NHS Pensions podcast is now available. The fourth instalment delves into how a member is able to apply for their pension and what the process involves.
The podcast series is designed to be another resource for members…
NHS Pension Scheme regulations changing for part-time NHS staff
Last month, we let you know that all NHS employers need to act now to make sure staff don’t miss out on pension benefits.
On 1 April 2025, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) made a retrospective change to the NHS Pension Scheme…
NHS Pension Scheme access guidance for retire and re-join
Following a period of consultation, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has implemented changes to the NHS Pension Scheme to enable members with 1995 Section benefits who retire and return to re-join the Scheme from 1 April 2023.…
An update from the Data Management team
Our Data Management team have provided the following updates for employers.
Duplication of Data
A high volume of data is being submitted onto the system when the original input has gone into error.
If the data has already been submitted either…
Earnings cap
Scheme membership built up from 1 April 2008 is no longer subject to the pensionable earning cap.
However, those that were subject to the cap in respect of some or all of their membership before that date, who are buying added years or unreduced…
Request for employers to review contact details
We want to ensure that we have the most up to date contact for all employers. To support this, we ask that the main Pensions Online Administrator for each employer checks the contact details we hold are correct.
To do this, access Pensions Online…
Disclosure of senior managers’ remuneration - Greenbury 2023
We anticipate that the Greenbury functionality within Pensions Online (POL) will be available from Wednesday 4 January 2023. Requests for disclosure information should be received by NHS Pensions between 4 January 2023 and 28 February 2023 to…
Department of Health and Social Care confirms changes to Scheme rules for retire and re-join and partial retirement
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that amendments to the NHS Pension Scheme rules will go ahead to help retain more experienced NHS clinicians and remove barriers to staff returning to work following retirement.
The DHSC…
Partial retirement update for employers - October 2023
Applications
We have received a number of partial retirement applications where the AW8 is not fully complete or the employer has not signed the relevant sections.
If you are processing applications for partial retirement, please ensure the…