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The Coronavirus Act 2020
Since 25 March 2020, The Coronavirus Act 2020 temporarily suspended some of the regulations governing the administration of the NHS Pension Scheme, including the temporary suspension of:
the 16-hour rule
abatement for Special Class status…
Deferred benefits claim form (AW8P) online
This month the digital service ‘Claim my NHS pension’ went into Private Beta. The service allows deferred members to complete the deferred benefits claim form (AW8P) online.
Our contact centre staff are helping to on board people to the…
Introducing proposed retirement flexibilities
In December the Department of Health and Social Care announced proposals to change the NHS Pension Scheme regulations to enable NHS staff to work flexibly up to and beyond retirement age.
We included details of the DHSC’s proposals in our December…
Non-POL updates - end of year information
On an annual basis all employing authorities (EAs) are required to submit end of year information to NHS Pensions. You must submit this information to NHS Pensions by 24 May 2024.
If you use Pensions Online (POL) you should submit this year end…
Pensions Online – Error Handling
Last month we advised that from 1 August 2020, NHS Pensions will no longer deal with comments submitted through POL error handling.
Where you can provide relevant information for resolving an error, you should now email nhsbsa.nwdatamanagement@nhs…
Reminder about making changes to member employment via Pensions Online (POL)
The final part of the SD55 annual update is where you can advise of changes to the members’ employment details and/or personal details, as follows:
enter date of change (if required)
select Change Type
enter change details
We also have a…
Contributions to the NHS Pension Scheme are changing
In 2022, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) proposed changes to the amount members pay for their NHS Pension benefits. We wrote to members at the time and explained that some changes would take effect on 1 October 2022, while others…
NHS Pension Scheme access guidance for retire and re-join
Following a period of consultation, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has implemented changes to the NHS Pension Scheme to enable members with 1995 Section benefits who retire and return to re-join the Scheme from 1 April 2023.…
Pensions Online (POL) downtime for January and February 2024
POL will be available throughout January and February between 7am and 7pm apart from the following dates when there will be downtime for scheduled system maintenance:
Sunday 21 January
Saturday 17 February
Sunday 25 February …
A reminder on maximum service / maximum pension age membership and McCloud
Following regulations for the McCloud remedy which came into effect on 1 October 2023, we are working to offer eligible active members their choice at the point they retire from Summer 2024.
Although maximum service / maximum pension age members…