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Transferring into the Scheme
If you have another pension, you can apply to transfer it into the NHS Pension Scheme. Any pension transferred in will be added to your benefits in the NHS Pension Scheme.
Moving within the NHS
If you move from one NHS employer in England and…
Pension scams
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Pensions scams
Anyone can fall victim to pension scams because they can be difficult to spot. In one year, 1 in 17 adults were victims to fraud according to the 2023 Crime Survey for England and Wales.
Scammers are typically…
Duplication of data
A high volume of data is being submitted onto the system when the original input has gone into error.
If the data has already been submitted either by ESR or Pensions Online but information has not processed on the ADP4, please check if the data…
Spaces left for GP practice employer stakeholder event
The NHS Pensions’ Stakeholder Engagement Team has a number of places remaining for a GP practice employer event on Tuesday 5 November 2019.
The event will focus on the administration of the NHS Pensions Scheme, consisting of various workshops…
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…
Transferring in
Time limits
Time limits apply to all transfer applications, including a transfer of additional voluntary contributions to one of our Money Purchase Additional Voluntary Contributions providers.
If an employee is not a member of the main Scheme,…
Joining the Scheme
You may be eligible to join the NHS Pension Scheme if you're an employee between the ages of 16 and 75.
This also applies to those working under a contract for services, including:
general practitioners (GPs)
general dental practitioners…
Understanding if your NHS Pension is affected by changes to public sector pensions
Only some members will be affected by the changes.
You’re affected if you joined a public service pension scheme on or before 31 March 2012 and:
you had continuous pensionable service between 1 April 2015 and the 31 March 2022 (or your…
GP/GDP claiming retirement benefits
NHS Pensions is seeing an increase in the amount of retirement benefit claim forms (AW8) being signed by the incorrect employing authorities.
If the member is a GP in England all GP pensions are administrated by Primary Care Support England (PCSE)…
Re-employment
You can return to work in the NHS after you've taken your pension. If you chose to, you can rejoin the NHS Pension Scheme and build up pension benefits in the 2015 Scheme up to the maximum pension age limit of 75.
Read the information and …