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Pensions Online (POL) Downtime - August 2023
POL will be available throughout August between 7am and 7pm apart from the following dates when there will be downtime for scheduled system maintenance:
Sunday 20 August
If we do need to bring POL down at short notice for urgent maintenance, we…
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…
Letter of authority policy amendment
In order to allow a third party access to a member’s pension information, we require a letter of authority from the member. We ask that letters of authority only hold details for one individual at a time. Each member should have a separate letter of…
Payments for Clinical Director duties
We have recently received a number of queries in relation to clinical director duty payments.
The regulations state that a member’s pensionable earnings are:
salary
wages
fees, and
other regular payments
made to the member in respect of…
Spaces left for GP practice employer stakeholder event
The NHS Pensions’ Stakeholder Engagement Team has a number of places remaining for a GP practice employer event on Tuesday 5 November 2019.
The event will focus on the administration of the NHS Pensions Scheme, consisting of various workshops…
Members achieving maximum pensionable membership
When completing SD55 termination form for members who have achieved maximum pensionable membership, are no longer eligible to contribute and have a last day of pensionable membership as the date they achieved maximum membership, the reason for…
Stakeholder Engagement upcoming events
The stakeholder engagement team run a series of events throughout the year providing regular updates and delivering educational training. Please see our Pension Events Calendar for upcoming events.
If your organisation would like to request…
Voluntary ‘Scheme Pays’ Deadline for 2018/19
The NHS Business Services Authority is sympathetic to the situation that NHS staff currently find themselves in during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and are keen to support members of the NHS Pension Scheme (England and Wales) who are front…
Extension of voluntary scheme pays 2018/19 deadline
The NHS Business Services Authority is sympathetic to the situation that NHS staff currently find themselves in during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and is keen to support members of the NHS Pension Scheme (England and Wales) who are front…
Marriage Certificates as Supporting Evidence
When accepting supporting documentation a NIKAH NAMA Muslim marriage certificate cannot be accepted as evidence of marriage. This unfortunately is not a legitimate certificate under UK law unless it is accompanied by a civil ceremony certificate.…