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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 …
Your options for a flexible retirement
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is making changes to the NHS Pension Scheme rules to enable NHS staff to work more flexibly up to and beyond retirement age.
If you are a member with 1995 Section benefits from 1 April 2023 you will…
TRS Refresh 2020
The TRS data cut for the annual refresh will take place after 7pm on Friday 19 June 2020, with refreshed statements available by the end of August 2020.
The data cut will capture successfully updated records up to and including 31 March 2020.…
Important information for members who have recently received an annual allowance statement
We have become aware of an error that may have affected some pension savings statements dated between 20 April and 27 April 2022. These statements were issued on 28 April 2022.
As a precaution we are recalculating and issuing new statements to all…
2021/22 Pension savings statements
We are currently sending pension savings statements to members whose pension benefits have increased by more than the standard annual allowance.
The annual allowance is the maximum amount of tax-free growth an individual’s pension can grow by in…
Divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership
The value of pension benefits can be taken into account in a divorce settlement.
If a member is getting divorced, they may be asked to obtain a cash equivalent transfer value of their pension benefits.
If they do, they will ask you to complete the…
Terminal ill health cases
For terminal ill health cases, an AW341 application form is required along with the AW33E.
The team have recently noticed an increase in terminal ill health estimates being requested where the commuted incapacity box has been ticked in error to…
The NHS Pension Scheme for England and Wales – proposed flexibility – consultation document
We are consulting on a new set of proposals to offer senior clinicians more control over their pensions growth, so they can continue to provide the services that patients need.
Senior NHS clinicians are concerned that pension tax charges are making…
Total Reward and Annual Benefit Statements midyear refresh
The data cut for the midyear refresh of statements will be taken over the weekend of 12 October 2019. Any data amendments must be made by 7pm, Friday 11 October 2019.
The refreshed statements will be available in December 2019.
Non-Pensions Online (POL) Annual Update
All employing authorities are required to submit end of year information to NHS Pensions on an annual basis.
Our Data Management Team will send the prepopulated spreadsheet to the main EA contact week commencing 16 March 2020. This will be…