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Further to the communication in the March employer newsletter where we advised that all employers should continue to remit 14.38% employer contributions to the Scheme, it has come to our attention that a number of employers have paid more than 14.38…

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…

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…

The Supreme Court has refused permission for the Government to appeal the Court of Appeal’s December 2018 judgment in the cases of McCloud and Sargeant. This means that the Court of Appeal’s judgment stands, and that ‘transitional protection’ gave…

Employers using MCP to submit their pension contribution information can now view their contribution history within the service. This will show you the details of what was submitted and who in your organisation made the submission. Remember, if you…

If you have an annual allowance charge you can either pay the charge directly to HMRC yourself or share the responsibility for the payment with the NHS Pension Scheme using the scheme pays facility. This is known as a scheme pays election. The NHS…

We are aware of an error on NHS Pension Scheme members’ 2023/24 Pension Saving Statements (PSS) issued to a small number of members. This means the Pension Input Amount figure stated on your PSS is lower than it should be. If you have not received a…

This is only for people who were members of the Scheme before 25 March 1972 (1995 Section only). It applies to anyone who either: is or has been married has a civil partner has a surviving Scheme partner The person must be nominated to…

Last year we issued annual earnings certificate (RE116) forms for re-employed pensioners electronically via email. We will follow the same process this year. If you have re-employed pensioners working in your organisation, we will endeavour to…

The NHS Pension Scheme employer contribution rate increased on 1 April 2019 from 14.3% to 20.6%, plus an employer’s levy of 0.08%. The Department of Health and Social Care’s consultation response announcing the rise, published in March 2019,…