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Re-employment
You can return to work in the NHS after you've taken your pension. If you chose to, you can rejoin the NHS Pension Scheme and build up pension benefits in the 2015 Scheme up to the maximum pension age limit of 75.
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Payment of pensions after opting out of the NHS Pension Scheme
When a member opts out of the pension scheme (either exit code 16) and carries on working in a non-pensionable capacity, we need to ensure that the correct payable date is used when the member applies for their pension.
Deferred members must submit…
HMRC issue Annual Allowance update
In Pensions Schemes newsletter 112 (31 July 2019) HMRC have asked schemes to remind members who have exceeded the Annual Allowance for 2018/19 and have an Annual Allowance charge that the charge must be declared on their that they have exceeded…
Greenbury update
We published the timescales for Greenbury requests in our Pensions Update of November 2019.
We asked that all requests for disclosure information, which includes pay figures up to 31 March 2020, are received between 7 January 2020 and 28 February…
Completing the self-assessment form where there is an Annual Allowance charge
Important information for members who have an annual allowance charge for 2018/19:
In a Pensions Schemes Newsletter 115 (26 November 2019) article HMRC has asked scheme administrators to remind members who have an annual allowance charge for 2018/…
Update to Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)
Further to the NHS Pensions and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) article in our June 2020 newsletter, HMRC has published further information as part of their business support during COVID-19, which confirms the way in which the furlough…
Refreshed TRS and Annual Benefit Statements now available
Refreshed Total Reward Statements (TRS) and Annual Benefit Statements (ABS) are now available.
Visit our TRS website to find out how to view your statement.
Each year your pensions records are updated to the 31 March from information sent to us by…
Changes to how you can submit a scheme pays election if you are about to retire
If you have an annual allowance charge you can either pay the charge directly to HMRC yourself or share the responsibility for the payment with the NHS Pension Scheme using the scheme pays facility.
This is known as a scheme pays election. The NHS…
Department of Health and Social Care launches consultation on proposed changes to Scheme Regulations to support McCloud Remedy
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a consultation on proposed changes to the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations that will be required to put the first part of the McCloud Remedy in place.
What is included in the consultation
The…
NHS Pensions Opt-out data
Publication date: 22 April 2025
The ‘Opt-out rates for ESR employees eligible for the NHS Pension Scheme’ report provides insight about eligible employees choosing to opt out of the NHS Pension Scheme. The report provides estimates about:
opt-…