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Ill Health Applications – Missing Information
NHS Pensions is continuing to receive these applications forms:
The Consideration of Entitlement to Ill Health Retirement benefits (AW33E)
The Consideration of Entitlement for Early Payment of Deferred Benefits due to Ill Health (AW240) …
Update for employers on post retirement scheme pays elections
If a member has an annual allowance charge they can either pay the charge directly to HMRC or share the responsibility for the payment with the NHS Pension Scheme using the scheme pays facility.
This is known as a scheme pays election. The NHS…
Employer reminder annual leave payments and payment in lieu
We are still seeing enquiries from employers seeking clarification in relation to annual leave payments and payment in lieu of notice.
Firstly, to confirm there has been no change to NHS Pension Scheme regulations.
Payments for annual leave should…
Changes to the AW171 retirements benefits process
It’s been a few months since we introduced the final system changes to automate the AW171 process. You now no longer need to send us the AW171 form to trigger a review of the pension in payment and determine whether a revised pension is appropriate…
Estimates Changes – information for employers
As you may be aware the charges for providing member estimates has recently changed. The members estimate request form has been updated and is available on our website.
If a member has an up-to-date Total Reward Statement (TRS) / Annual Benefit…
GP Pensions member events
For the first time, NHS Pensions are hosting GP member events. Each session will be two hours long and include presentations on the following topics:
Which GP certificate – An overview of the different types of GPs and which certificates need to…
Small lump sum payment – reminder for employers
Due to the transition to the 2015 Scheme, NHS Pensions has seen an increase in members eligible to claim their benefits under the small lump sum payment processes.
To confirm, our existing process is as follows:
When an AW8 is submitted, and the…
Estimates Changes – information for employers
As you may be aware the charges for providing member estimates has recently changed. The members estimate request form has been updated and is available on our website.
If a member has an up-to-date Total Reward Statement (TRS) / Annual Benefit…
GP Pensions member events
For the first time, NHS Pensions are hosting GP member events. Each session will be two hours long and include presentations on the following topics:
Which GP certificate – An overview of the different types of GPs and which certificates need to…
Pensions Online (POL) downtime for April and May 2023
POL will be available throughout April and May between 7am and 7pm apart from the following dates when there will be downtime for scheduled system maintenance:
Sunday 23 April 2023
Sunday 21 May 2023
If we do need to bring POL down at short…