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Since changes to partial retirement were announced earlier this year, we’ve been working hard to make sure our processes, tools, and guidance are updated to support members and employers. As part of this work, the Department of Health and Social…

The Partial Retirement Calculator can be accessed from the partial retirement page of the website: Partial retirement | NHSBSA With partial retirement, you can take up to 100% of your pension, stay in your job, and carry on building up new pension…

Queries If you have any questions about NHS Pensions, contact us by: Telephone: 0300 330 1346 Outside UK: +44 191 283 8918 Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pmFind out about call charges Email: nhsbsa.pensionsmember@nhsbsa.nhs.uk Facebook: direct…

This page was last updated on 25 April 2025. Payments Payments Current processing times Payment of your retirement benefits Within 30 calendar days from the date of your retirement, or from the date we received all…

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…

MPAVC allows you to make more contributions to build a separate retirement fund. How MPAVC works The additional contributions you make are invested. They are used to supplement your main scheme benefits at retirement or later. You can take up to…

We are continuing to maintain performance in the payment of first pension applications with a total of 5177 applications paid in January so far (30th January). The total applications on hand currently stand at 4699, slightly less than the same time…

Important information for members who have an annual allowance charge for 2018/19: In a Pensions Schemes Newsletter 115 (26 November 2019) article HMRC has asked scheme administrators to remind members who have an annual allowance charge for 2018/…

​From 1 April 2022, all members of the NHS Pension Scheme will be members of our 2015 Scheme. The 2015 Scheme is a Career Average Revalued Earnings (CARE) scheme. This is a form of defined benefit pension scheme.   When you take your pension…

We have been collating your feedback since 2017 when we first started the training sessions for GP Practice Managers. The Stakeholder Team are now planning the next round of training sessions, targeted at either level 1 - new or intermediate…