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NHS Pensions contribution rates for 2025/26
From 1 April 2025, the tiered contribution ranges to work out the contribution rate a member pays for membership of the Scheme has changed. The new ranges are:
Pensionable pay ranges from 1 April 2025
Contribution rates from 1 April…
Pensions Online (POL) downtime – May 2025
Due to scheduled system maintenance, POL will be unavailable between 12:01am and 11:59pm on Sunday 25 May.
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.
Pensions Online (POL) downtime - July 2025
POL will be unavailable on the following dates due to scheduled system maintenance:
Saturday 12 July
Sunday 20 July
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…
Department of Health and Social Care launches consultation on changes to the NHS Pension Scheme regulations
The Department of Health and Social Care is consulting on proposals to change the NHS Pension Scheme regulations.
The changes will make survivor benefits in the 1995 Section equal
There are two NHS Pension Schemes, the 2015 NHS Pension Scheme…
The Greenbury query window is closing
For any employers that have Greenbury queries, please ensure that these have been submitted by 31 July 2021. Any queries received after this date will not receive a response.
Greenbury requests for senior managers who have opted out of the NHS…
Year end update for employers
We would like to remind all employers that the deadline for submitting year end updates has now passed. Failure to submit year end data can result in penalties imposed by HMRC for each member where the data is outstanding.
The timely submission of…
Information for employers receiving retirement or ill health retirement applications before 1 October 2023
From 1 October 2023, members with 1995 Section benefits can take partial retirement. You can find more information on partial retirement, including a guide for employers on our Employer hub.
We’ve put steps in place to process partial retirement…
Estimate request changes
The charging of estimate requests has changed for members.
The members estimate request form has been updated and is available on the Member Hub.
Estimate requests - Instruction for employers:
Direct members to their Total Reward Statement (TRS…
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…
Individual earnings margins being issued ahead of temporary suspension to regulations on retire and return ending
Article originally published 18 January 2022. Link to partial retirement factsheet restored.
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that the government’s Coronavirus Act 2020 setting out measures to respond to the COVID-19…