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Retirement Fellowship
The NHS Retirement Fellowship is an organisation for NHS and Social Care Staff, providing a bridge between life in employment and new opportunities in retirement. The Fellowship is the national charity advocating and supporting retired staff…
NHS Pensions at Best Practice 2019
NHS Pensions will be exhibiting alongside colleagues within the NHSBSA at this year’s Best Practice conference held at Birmingham NEC on 9 and 10 October 2019.
Come along to stand G80 to say hello and ask our experts any queries you may have…
Best Practice 2019 update
Colleagues from Information Services, Pensions and Scanning came together on 6-7 October at the Best Practice Show in NEC Birmingham, to promote NHS Business Service Authority (NHSBSA) services to various NHS professionals. With over 260 visitors to…
Electronic Staff Record (ESR)
Information and guides to help you use the Electronic Staff Record.
ESR best working practice guide (PDF: 122KB)
An ESR - NHS Pensions Interface guide (PDF: 852KB) is available.
The guide covers a range of areas, including:
new joiners…
Update on proposed government changes to public service pension schemes
The Court of Appeal ruling on 'protection', known as the McCloud Judgment
In April 2015, the government put into effect reforms to all main public service pension schemes.
The reforms that took place in 2015 did not apply to those closest to…
New guidance for members who may hold or have held enhanced or fixed protection from lifetime allowance charges
On 28 February 2022 HMRC published new guidance for public service scheme members with enhanced or fixed protection.
Lifetime allowance is the total benefits you can build up from all registered pension schemes without incurring a tax charge. Since…
Ill Health Applications – Coronavirus (COVID-19) arrangements
NHS Pensions is continuing to receive applications for;
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)
Due to the…
Allocation - Retirement Flexibility
Allocation is a retirement flexibility that is available to all members of the NHS Pension Scheme.
Following a review of the enquiries we receive about allocation, it was evident that we needed to make the application process and available guidance…
Annual Check – Scheme Access
From 1 April 2019 the Scheme Access Team has introduced an annual check, at the request of the Department of Health and Social Care. The check is to ensure that the access granted to all non-automatic Employing Authorities is still relevant, and is…
NHS Pensions Member Events for 2022
Throughout this year, a number of events are available for members of the NHS Pension Scheme to provide more clarity on what the Scheme is and what you are entitled to.
This page contains details of our events in May 2022. You can find details of…