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Members Purchasing Additional Pension by Lump Sum Payment
We have identified an increase in additional pension applications being rejected and rejection letters being sent to members where a member has elected to purchase additional pension via one-off lump sum payment.
These rejections have occurred…
Pensions Online (POL) Downtime for October and November 2023
POL will be available throughout October and November between 7am and 7pm apart from the following dates when there will be downtime for scheduled system maintenance:
Sunday 22 October
Sunday 26 November
If we do need to bring POL down at…
Pay for partial retirements following April 2024 pay increase
Following the nationally agreed pay award, which has been backdated to April 2024, the pay for any retirements from that date will need revising to ensure the pension is being paid at the correct level.
For partial retirements, where pay cannot be…
Applications for Protection of Pay (where pay is reduced)
This is a further reminder for employers to ensure that any applications for Protection of Pay or Voluntary Protection of Pay are submitted to NHS Pensions within the relevant time limits. Also, that sufficient, supporting information is included…
GMS, PMS and APMS Contractors – 2020/21 estimate of pensionable income form
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…
Additional Pension applications
We receive many emails from employers and members querying the Additional Pension (AP) rejection letters they receive. It has been brought to our attention that in some circumstances AP may still be being paid despite a rejection letter being sent.…
ESR upload frequency
The ESR data is uploaded to the NHS Pensions Compendia member records:
daily
monthly
in a cycle
ESR data is also stored. View the following for upload frequency:
Daily
ESR data that is uploaded daily includes:
changed National…
Reminder Greenbury 2021 Exercise
A reminder for employers that all requests for disclosure information must be received by NHS Pensions between 4 January 2021 and 26 February 2021. This will allow us to provide you with the necessary disclosure information by 1 April 2021.
We are…
Employer queries on Greenbury information
The Greenbury team have received a number of queries in relation to the figures that have been produced. Below we have included more information on the most frequent queries.
No Mandatory Lump sum
The 2008 Section and the 2015 Scheme do not offer…
Deadline approaching for employers to apply for NHS Pension Scheme final pay controls to be reassessed
The 31 December 2021 deadline for employers to apply for the reassessment of final pay control charges incurred between 1 April 2018 and the 1 July 2021 is almost here.
Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published…