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The recent Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) consultation on the NHS Pension Scheme confirmed that the transitional approach that has operated since 2019/20 for employer contributions will continue in 2024/25. This means that from 1 April…

What is an SSP? If the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) decides there is a serious shortage of a specific medicine or appliance, they may issue a Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP). Under an SSP, pharmacists have the power to dispense an…

We are continuing to experience delays in the payment of first awards. We have a recovery plan in place now that includes a number of assumptions and gives us incremental improvements.  We are still working to firm up a forecasted recovery date…

We are receiving an increasing number of enquiries to our contact centre from members who are planning to retire and believe they have submitted their application a number of months ago, but we haven’t yet received their AW8. In all cases, AW8…

When entering a member’s retirement lump sum (part 10 of the paper AW8) in to Pensions Online (POL), you are unable to specify whether the member wishes to receive the maximum lump sum which may incur a tax charge, or whether they wish to receive…

July 2018 Medicines Optimisation Dashboard is now available. Medicines Optimisation is about improving patient outcomes, quality and value from medicines use, guided by the principles of medicines optimisation. This dashboard brings together a…

GP surgeries and APMS contractors are reminded that they should have already submitted their estimate of pensionable income form to NHS England/PCSE or the Local Health Board in Wales. If they have not they should do so immediately otherwise the GPs…

Refreshed TRS/ Annual Benefits Statement will be made available by the end of August 2020 and the mid-year refresh will be available in December 2020. The employer contributions increased with effect from 1 April 2019 from 14.38% to 20.68%. You…

The 2019/20 Type 2 medical practitioner Self Assessment form and supporting guidance is on our website. It can be found on the practitioner webpage in our Member Hub. All surgery based salaried GPs and career Out of Hours GPs must, under statutory…

You must provide pay (and membership) information for members by 6 July following the end of the tax year to enable pensions savings statements to be provided to members. A pensions savings statement is important as it tells members whether they…