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Final Pay Controls
Employers are reminded that a final pay control charge applies where a NHS Pension Scheme Officer or Practice Staff member with 1995 Section membership (including 1995/2015 transition members) has a pensionable pay increase which exceeds an…
GP Practice Events
Our second round of employer events is now well underway having visited Birmingham, Leeds, Brighton and Exeter. We have put together this round of events based on feedback previously received and we are delighted to continue to receive positive…
Contributions to the NHS Pension Scheme are changing
In 2022, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) proposed changes to the amount members pay for their NHS Pension benefits. We wrote to members at the time and explained that some changes would take effect on 1 October 2022, while others…
Department of Health and Social Care confirms changes to Scheme rules for retire and re-join and partial retirement
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that amendments to the NHS Pension Scheme rules will go ahead to help retain more experienced NHS clinicians and remove barriers to staff returning to work following retirement.
The DHSC…
NHS Pensions - Sharing our performance
Since April 2017, Scheme employers have directly funded NHS Pension Scheme administration through the introduction of the employer levy.
As part of the introduction of the levy we agreed to engage differently with employers by being more…
NHS Pension Scheme access guidance for retire and re-join
Following a period of consultation, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has implemented changes to the NHS Pension Scheme to enable members with 1995 Section benefits who retire and return to re-join the Scheme from 1 April 2023.…
Pensions Online (POL) downtime for January and February 2024
POL will be available throughout January and February between 7am and 7pm apart from the following dates when there will be downtime for scheduled system maintenance:
Sunday 21 January
Saturday 17 February
Sunday 25 February …
A reminder on maximum service / maximum pension age membership and McCloud
Following regulations for the McCloud remedy which came into effect on 1 October 2023, we are working to offer eligible active members their choice at the point they retire from Summer 2024.
Although maximum service / maximum pension age members…
Sharing our performance - February 2018
The table below shows our recent monthly performance for pension award processing:
All work areas are starting to reflect positively following the introduction of the Work Management Tool with all area’s…
Sharing our performance – March 2018
The table below shows our recent monthly performance for pension award processing:
The graph above depicts the improvement we are making in our aim to pay the Pension…