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New guidance to be shared with members who may hold or have held enhanced or fixed protection from lifetime allowance charges
Following new HMRC guidance for public service scheme members with enhanced or fixed protection which was issued on 28 February 2022, we have made some amends to our lifetime allowance webpage.
The guidance relates to members who will be affected…
Closure of 1995/2008 Scheme and transition of members to 2015 Scheme
As part of the changes to public pension schemes, both the 1995 and 2008 Sections of the 1995/2008 Scheme closed on 31 March 2022.
All active members of the 1995/2008 Scheme were automatically moved to the 2015 Scheme on 1 April 2022.
We wrote to…
Reminder - Administration Foundation Course
This is a reminder for anyone interested in the Administration Foundation Course which is available over two dates in April.
Dates:
Wednesday 27 April 2022 between 1pm and 3pm – visit the Eventbrite link to book a place
The course will be…
Annual allowance information deadline date
Employers are required in legislation to provide information to NHS Pensions which enables pension savings statements to be provided to members. This statement informs members whether they have exceeded the annual allowance limit in the NHS Pension…
Reminder of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) extension of retire and return easements including abatement
A reminder that following a short consultation, DHSC announced an extension to retire and return easements to the 31 October 2022 through temporary amendments to NHS Pension Scheme regulations.
DHSC proposed a continuation of the temporary…
Estimates Changes – information for employers
As you may be aware the charges for providing member estimates has recently changed. The members estimate request form has been updated and is available on our website.
If a member has an up-to-date Total Reward Statement (TRS) / Annual Benefit…
GP Pensions member events
For the first time, NHS Pensions are hosting GP member events. Each session will be two hours long and include presentations on the following topics:
Which GP certificate – An overview of the different types of GPs and which certificates need to…
June 2022 GP practice manager level 2 training dates
There are Level 2 GP practice manager events taking place in June 2022, presenting educational training tailored for practice managers.
The event will be delivered virtually via Microsoft Teams and is in two parts. The second session needs to…
Small lump sum payment – reminder for employers
Due to the transition to the 2015 Scheme, NHS Pensions has seen an increase in members eligible to claim their benefits under the small lump sum payment processes.
To confirm, our existing process is as follows:
When an AW8 is submitted, and the…
Estimates Changes – information for employers
As you may be aware the charges for providing member estimates has recently changed. The members estimate request form has been updated and is available on our website.
If a member has an up-to-date Total Reward Statement (TRS) / Annual Benefit…