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Partial retirement update for employers - June 2023
We’re working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS Employers and NHS England to work through the new rules to allow members to take partial retirement from 1 October 2023 and help employers get ready for the change.
The…
NHS Pensions member events - July 2023
The NHS Pensions member events aim to help members understand everything they need to know about their NHS pension and how to navigate through the Scheme.
We have several events planned throughout the year to help them, which includes: …
Pensions Online (POL) downtime for December 2023 and January 2024
POL will be available throughout December and January between 7am and 7pm apart from the following dates when there will be downtime for scheduled system maintenance:
Sunday 24 December
Sunday 7 January
Saturday 13 January…
Reminder - the DHSC consultation on April 2024 scheme regulation changes closes at 11:59pm on 7 January 2024
The proposals in the consultation are to:
deliver phase 2 of the review of member contributions
introduce a new employer pension contribution rate in line with the results of the 2020 scheme valuation
permanently remove abatement for special…
CCGs and the retention of Special Class and Mental Health Officer status
NHS Pensions has noted an increase in requests for Special Class and Mental Health Officer status for members who are working for CCGs.
Special Class and Mental Health Officer status is primarily for members of staff who are engaged in the hands on…
Calculating whole time equivalent pensionable pay for a part time Officer (or Practice staff) member who receives additional or supplementary payments
The following information updates previous guidance provided in our January 2016 newsletter.
The article in the January 2016 Employer Newsletter informed you continue to use your current method of calculating notional whole time pay for part time…
Final Pay Control and deferred members
Where a member leaves NHS employment on or after 1 April 2014 and their benefits are deferred, the member’s deferred benefits will be checked to see if they exceed the Final Pay Control limits when their benefits are either:
Transferred to…
Spaces left for GP practice employer stakeholder event
The NHS Pensions’ Stakeholder Engagement Team has a number of places remaining for GP practice employer events next week.
These events focus on the administration of the NHS Pensions Scheme, consisting of various workshops throughout the day.
They…
Final Pay Control update
Following the article in September’s Newsletter introducing the FPC1 form, we are pleased to report this has helped reduce the number of invoices going out to employers and helped prevent charges being over/under stated based on the information you…
Improving your year-end data processing
The accurate and timely updating of NHS Pension records reduces data cleanse effort and ensures up to date information is reflected in Total Reward Statements, Annual Benefit Statements and Annual Allowance Statements. Taking action now to clear…