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Administration Foundation Course dates for March 2024
This course is available to all new local administrators of the NHS Pension Scheme who are less than 12 months in post and provides an overview of what is expected of you as an NHS Pension Scheme administrator throughout a Scheme year.
At the end…
NHS Pension Scheme employer contribution rates 2024/25 – DHSC
The recent Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) consultation on the NHS Pension Scheme confirmed that the transitional approach that has operated since 2019/20 for employer contributions will continue in 2024/25. This means that from 1 April…
Pensions Online (POL) downtime – April 2024
POL will be available throughout April between 7am and 7pm apart from the following date when there will be downtime for scheduled system maintenance:
Sunday 21 April
Saturday 27 April
If we do need to bring POL down at short notice…
New guidance and a checklist to support you with the ill health process
New guidance and a checklist are available in the Employer Hub on our website to support you with the ill health process.
The guidance contains all the information you need to know about the process and the checklist helps you make sure all…
You can now submit AW8 applications for partial retirement using POL
We’ve updated the guide to reflect this change, and it is available on the Pensions Online (POL) page of the Employer hub (number 27 - NHS Pensions Online AW8 - Retirement benefits claim form).
When you submit an application, there will be the…
Pensions Online (POL) downtime - December 2024
POL will not be available on the following dates due to scheduled system maintenance:
Sunday 22 December
If we need to bring POL down at short notice for urgent maintenance, we’ll advise you as soon as we can in advance via the POL homepage.
Estimated Scheme Pays elections
NHS Pensions has been receiving estimated Scheme Pays elections for the 2015/16 Pension Input Period for transition members of the 1995/2008 and 2015 Schemes where the member has only provided one estimated figure on the Scheme Pays Election (SPE2)…
Heat maps (ESR employers)
This year’s heat maps have now been issued. They give you the results of how successful your ESR year end data was up to 31 March 2017.
The heat maps now reflect data errors that are not always avoidable (overlaps, exceeding whole time, etc.) more…
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…
Qualifying for scheme protection in the 1995/2008 Scheme because of previous public service membership
Certain members who join the 2015 Scheme could qualify for scheme protection which enables them to become a member of the 1995/2008 Scheme.
To qualify for scheme protection in the 2008 Section, members must:
join the NHS Pension Scheme not more…