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Payment of survivor benefits for unmarried partners
On 8 February 2017, the Supreme Court ruled to allow Ms Brewster’s appeal and declared the requirement in the 2009 Regulations of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Northern Ireland, that the appellant and her partner should have made a…
12 months of stakeholder events
In March 2017 the Stakeholder Engagement Team held their first events for employers. This infographic provides some information about the events that have been held over the last 12 months.
Look out for future event invites and don’t forget to book…
Closure of Practice Payments email account
The email account nhsbsa.practicepayments@nhs.net currently used by GP practices will be closing with effect from Monday 2 December 2019.
Emails sent to nhsbsa.practicepayments@nhs.net after 2 December 2019 will not be forwarded and the account…
Make Contribution Payments update
Employers using MCP to submit their pension contribution information can now view their contribution history within the service. This will show you the details of what was submitted and who in your organisation made the submission.
Remember, if you…
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…
TRS update for partially retired members
As you know, Total Reward Statements (TRS) and Annual Benefit Statements (ABS) are updated in August each year.
This year, members who are already receiving some of their pension benefits will not receive an updated Annual Benefit Statement. These…
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…