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GMP is the least amount you’ll get from your pension scheme by law if you worked between 6 April 1978 and 5 April 1997. How GMP affects you If you worked between 6 April 1978 and 5 April 1997, you would have been contracted out of the State…

Following a short consultation, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced an extension to retire and return easements to 31 October 2022 through temporary amendments to NHS Pension Scheme regulations. What was included in the…

Following a public consultation, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced a further extension to retire and return easements beyond the current 31 October 2022 expiry date, through temporary amendments to NHS Pension Scheme regulations…

Junk mail Check your outlook settings to make sure you can receive correspondence from NHS Pensions, as some correspondence maybe stopped by your Firewall or go into your junk (spam) folder. add @nhs.net e-mail addresses to your saved sender list…

The UK government’s Coronavirus action plan, published on 3 March 2020, set out measures to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. This included increasing the available health and social care workforce by removing barriers to allow recently retired NHS…

Every Public Service Pension Scheme is working through significant complexity to put in place the Public Service Pensions Remedy for all affected members As the largest Scheme, the NHS Pension Scheme has made substantial progress towards…

Information about calculating member pay, protection of pay and contribution tiers. Pay What counts as pensionable pay Pensionable earnings are determined by the member's employment or engagement terms. Certain earnings are included or excluded…

The NHS Pension Scheme provides members with life assurance cover and lump sum benefits that can help to look after your loved ones after you’re gone. As a pensioner member, your family or someone you have nominated may be eligible to receive a…

The aim of the final pay control regulations in the 1995 Section of the NHS Pension Scheme is to protect the NHS Pension Scheme against the costs of excessive increases in pensionable pay at or before retirement. Employers are charged if they give…

The Public Service Pensions Remedy and pension tax Some members affected by the Public Service Pensions Remedy, also known as McCloud, will need to update their pension tax information with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). This is because, as part…