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Further to an article in the January 2016 Employer Newsletter, we are continuing to consider the system changes required to ensure that the whole time equivalent pay is calculated correctly for part time staff who are in receipt of supplementary…

In order to allow a third party access to a member’s pension information, we require a letter of authority from the member. We ask that letters of authority only hold details for one individual at a time. Each member should have a separate letter of…

Following feedback from both our members and employers, we have made the decision that a member will qualify for a protection of pay estimate free of charge if they: are over minimum pension age intend to retire within the next 12 months. The…

The refresh of statements for this year is going according to plan, the pension calculations completed on schedule. The data has been passed to ESR for them to carry out the match and merge, and statement upload processes. The aim is for the 2017…

During June the Stakeholder Engagement Team visited Birmingham and hosted two events for GP Practice managers. The events focused on basic administration of the NHS Pension Scheme and consisted of various workshops throughout the day led by…

The Scheme is open to any NHS workers aged between 16 and 75 who are: Directly employed by the NHS Medical, dental and ophthalmic practitioners and trainees General medical practice staff Non-General Practice Providers Individuals not…

We have recently received a number of queries in relation to clinical director duty payments. The regulations state that a member’s pensionable earnings are: salary wages fees, and other regular payments made to the member in respect of…

When you are completing the retirement benefit claim form (AW8) on Pensions Online (POL), make sure you have entered the correct payable date. There are a number of common errors when submitting form AW8 via POL: Input as Age retirement but not…

We are starting to receive a few queries from employers about how we collect and share data, and how this may change or have an impact on the data you hold. Our GDPR project is currently looking at our processes and data requirements. We will keep…

Please remember that if you outsource your pensions activity to a third party provider, it is your responsibility for ensuring the administration of the NHS Pension Scheme is: a) carried out in a timely manner and is in line with the Scheme…