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Following the publication by the European Commission of a correction to the 13 May 2016 list of harmonized standards under the European Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical devices,…

In England, 81% of all drugs in primary care are already prescribed generically, generating significant savings for the NHS.  Building on what’s been achieved with generic prescribing in recent years, we have developed a dashboard providing rapid…

The NHSBSA, NHS England and PSNC have agreed a briefing about the post-payment verification of payments to pharmacy contractors for provision of the MUR service. The NHSBSA will begin this work in October and will be requesting evidence from a…

SNOMED CT is a structured clinical vocabulary for use in electronic health records. SNOMED CT is the required standard across the NHS. It must be used as the clinical standard before 1 April 2020. This applies to systems used for the direct…

We understand that people need different levels of information from us, be it a detailed factsheet or a brief article in Ask Us. In response to this we have recently developed several short videos aimed at members. They are intended to provide a…

As you are aware, Total Reward and Annual Benefit Statements were recently refreshed and made available at the end of August 2017. Last year we carried out a mid year refresh in October which enabled employers to further cleanse data. We have …

A new abatement basic overview guide for employers is now available on our website. The guide has been created to help employers understand when abatement applies for re-employed pensioners and how we calculate the figures. A basic administration…

Please note that the retirement benefits claim form (AW8) has recently been updated and a new version is now available on our website. The new version of this form will soon also be available in print.

Pensions Online (POL) will be unavailable between the following times: 7pm on Friday 13 October and 7am Monday 16 October 7pm on Friday 27 October and 7am Monday 30 October Please note: at times we may need to take POL offline at short notice…

Since April 2017, Scheme employers have directly funded NHS Pension Scheme administration through the introduction of the employer levy. As part of the introduction of the levy we agreed to engage differently with employers by being more…