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It has been confirmed by The Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) that the SD65 form is no longer required to be completed by Direction employers for any new starters from the 1 August 2019. It will be the Employer’s responsibility to…

When a member opts out of the pension scheme (either exit code 16) and carries on working in a non-pensionable capacity, we need to ensure that the correct payable date is used when the member applies for their pension. Deferred members must submit…

This data comes following the processing of the non-POL annual update spreadsheets by the Stakeholder Engagement team. The Data team took over the process for this year and the results are below: Non-POL processing 2018 2019…

NHS employers are reminded that the only self-employed individuals who have access to the NHS Pension Scheme are General Practitioners, General Dental Practitioners, Ophthalmic Medical Practitioners, and non-GP Providers. Any other individual…

Following the article published in July, we have received a number of queries from employers and we felt that further clarification was necessary. Checking the payable date Opted out less than 5 years ago Member has opted out less…

There is a new Final Pay Control supplementary form which is available on the Employers Hub in the Retirement section on the Employer Forms page. The form is designed to streamline the current process. In all cases you must complete the Final Pay…

The Department of Health and Social Care is to open a new consultation on revised proposals for flexibilities in the NHS Pension Scheme. More details can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nhs-pensions-for-senior-clinicians-new-…

The Stakeholder Engagement Team, working with the Digital Project Team, have been continuing the rollout of our new financial information collection service, MCP. Over 30% of employers are now on-boarded to the service.  If you have been sent an on-…

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…