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Full system availability - Pensions Online and Compendia
The NHSBSA is currently in the process of transforming the pensioner payroll and administration.
To allow for the critical upgrade of our systems and the migration of data from existing systems there will be some system downtime coming up and we…
Change of NHS Pension Scheme bank account for GP practices
The information in this article is for GP practices who currently make payment by electronic bank payments (BACS, CHAPS or faster payment).
With effect from 1 May 2018 the bank account currently used by GP practices to make payment of NHS Pension…
Final Pay Control and the 2018 Agenda for Change pay revision
NHS Pensions has been informed by the Department of Health and Social Care that any Final Pay Control charge from pay increases solely in respect of the recent Agenda for Change (AfC) pay changes from 1 April 2018 will be reviewed and application of…
Annual Allowance update
This year the Annual Allowance team have experienced a much higher receipt of work requests than in previous years. Particularly, the requests for ‘On-Demand’ statements have doubled and more recently we have been unable to meet the three month…
Reminder: Third parties signing claimant application forms
We will only accept a third party signature on benefit application forms such as, Part B of form AW33E, the retirement benefits application form AW8 and application to commute ill health retirement benefits form AW341, where the member has…
Ill Health Applications – Coronavirus (COVID-19) arrangements
NHS Pensions is continuing to receive applications for;
The Consideration of Entitlement to Ill Health Retirement benefits (AW33E)
The Consideration of Entitlement for Early Payment of Deferred Benefits due to Ill Health (AW240)
Due to the…
Exit Code 16 - Opted out of the Scheme
Employers are reminded of the importance of using the correct termination code when closing down a pension record normally from the beginning of the next pay period.
Exit code 16 should be used for all cases where the member continues to work but…
Department of Health and Social Care launches consultation on introduction of retirement flexibilities
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a consultation on proposals to amend the NHS Pension Scheme rules to help retain more experienced NHS clinicians and remove barriers to staff returning to work following retirement.
What is…
Reminder about making changes to member employment via Pensions Online (POL)
The final part of the SD55 annual update is where you can advise of changes to the members’ employment details and/or personal details, as follows:
enter date of change (if required)
select Change Type
enter change details
We also have a…
NHS Pensions member events – June dates announced
The NHS Pensions member events aim to help members understand everything you need to know about your NHS pension and how to navigate through the Scheme.
We have a number of events planned throughout the year to help you:
understand what the NHS…