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Independent Provider (IP) End of Year Certificate 2019-20
You can now access the 2019-20 End of Year Certificate via our website.
As part of your Independent Provider status, you are legally required to complete end of year certificates for each employer code you have declaring Scheme members,…
Employer guidance where employees have a temporary reduction in hours
The below guidance is for employers where employees are not furloughed, but have a temporary reduction in hours applied.
If an employee has a reduction in contractual hours (e.g. from whole-time to part-time) their pensionable pay will also reduce…
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…
Reasons for overpayment
Overpayment of an NHS Pension can happen for a number of reasons.
These include, if you're a:
surviving spouse or partner
child dependant
re-employed pensioner
or your pension has been revised
Surviving spouse or partner
There may have…
NHS Jobs is Changing
NHS Pensions has been asked to provide the following update from NHS Jobs project team.
The NHS Business Services Authority started providing the NHS Jobs service on 1 April 2018 as part of the NHS Workforce Services directorate.
We’re currently…
Department of Health and Social Care launches consultation on NHS Pension Scheme member contribution rates
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a consultation on proposed changes to the member contribution rates for the NHS Pension Scheme.
New structure for member contributions
This new member contribution structure will contain new…
Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP)
GMP is the least amount you’ll get from your pension scheme by law if you worked between 6 April 1978 and 5 April 1997.
How GMP affects you
If you worked between 6 April 1978 and 5 April 1997, you would have been contracted out of the State…
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…
Department of Health and Social Care announces extension of retire and return easements
Following a short consultation, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced an extension to retire and return easements to 31 October 2022 through temporary amendments to NHS Pension Scheme regulations.
What was included in the…
Department of Health and Social Care announces extension of retire and return easements
Following a public consultation, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced a further extension to retire and return easements beyond the current 31 October 2022 expiry date, through temporary amendments to NHS Pension Scheme regulations…