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New guidance to be shared with members who may hold or have held enhanced or fixed protection from lifetime allowance charges
Following new HMRC guidance for public service scheme members with enhanced or fixed protection which was issued on 28 February 2022, we have made some amends to our lifetime allowance webpage.
The guidance relates to members who will be affected…
Closure of 1995/2008 Scheme and transition of members to 2015 Scheme
As part of the changes to public pension schemes, both the 1995 and 2008 Sections of the 1995/2008 Scheme closed on 31 March 2022.
All active members of the 1995/2008 Scheme were automatically moved to the 2015 Scheme on 1 April 2022.
We wrote to…
Reminder of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) extension of retire and return easements including abatement
A reminder that following a short consultation, DHSC announced an extension to retire and return easements to the 31 October 2022 through temporary amendments to NHS Pension Scheme regulations.
DHSC proposed a continuation of the temporary…
Promoting the more effective use of skill mix
As outlined in NHS England’s first stage of Dental Reform letter, dental therapists and others operating within their scope of practice and competence can open courses of treatment.
To support you with this, the FP17 has fields to record your…
Drug Tariff deduction scale
This is an update on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
From 1 April 2023, products granted a concessionary price will no longer be subjected to the branded discount deduction rate but will be classified as 'Discount Not Deducted'…
Drug Tariff Part VIC – Advanced Services – April 2023
From 1 April 2023 there will be amendments to Part VIC of the Drug Tariff to align with recent changes to service specifications for Advanced Services.
From 1 April 2023 pharmacy technicians will be able to perform blood pressure checks as part of…
New NHS Pensions member events for NHS dental practitioners
A new series of NHS Pensions member events are now available specifically for NHS dental practitioners who are part of the NHS Pension Scheme
The events aim to provide more clarity on what the Scheme is and the benefits that members are entitled to…
Drug Tariff Part VIC - NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service
This is an announcement on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care
From 24 April 2023 the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service Tier 1 Advanced Service will be launched – details of service and links to the associated Service Specification…
Partial retirement employer update and live event
A reminder that we are holding an NHS Pensions Employer Live Event on Partial Retirement at 10am on Wednesday 19 July 2023.
The event is aimed at payroll providers and pension administrators and will focus on the partial retirement application…
New email address for the Pension Scanning and Allocation Team
Our email addresses are changing.
If you're submitting documents to our Pension Scanning and Allocation department, our new email address is pensionscanquery@nhsbsa.nhs.uk.
If you are submitting attachments with emails, try to limit the size of…