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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…
Payment of pensions after opting out of the NHS Pension Scheme
When a member opts out of the pension scheme (either exit code 16) and carries on working in a non-pensionable capacity, we need to ensure that the correct payable date is used when the member applies for their pension.
Deferred members must submit…
Greenbury update
We published the timescales for Greenbury requests in our Pensions Update of November 2019.
We asked that all requests for disclosure information, which includes pay figures up to 31 March 2020, are received between 7 January 2020 and 28 February…
Ill health retirement and serious ill health retirement forms
When sending ill health application forms, please ensure that all reports are enclosed including any report from a member’s specialist(s).
Please ensure the correct version of the application form is used and sent to NHS Pensions to consider. In…