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A reminder for employers that all requests for disclosure information must be received by NHS Pensions between 4 January 2021 and 26 February 2021. This will allow us to provide you with the necessary disclosure information by 1 April 2021.  We are…

A reminder for employers when using the polia3 email account, which is nhsbsa.polia3@nhs.net. Please make sure you only use this email account for either: additional information we have requested from you any supplementary forms associated with…

The NHS Pensions Finance team is now using a paperless system for processing claims for re-imbursement of initial widow/widowers pensions (IWP). Therefore, we now require the form to be sent in a PDF format for audit purposes with a view to…

We have noticed an increase in 2015 Scheme retirement applications being submitted by employer’s with the reason for retirement given as 'age' and the member has not yet reached their State Pension Age. To retire from the 2015 Scheme on age grounds…

All employing authorities (EAs) 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 during the week commencing 15 March 2021.…

We are receiving enquiries from employers in relation to staff members working on coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations and how this will impact pension contributions. Members being seconded from their regular NHS employment e.g. from surgeries,…

The Court of Appeal ruling on 'protection', known as the McCloud Judgment In 2015 the government made changes to reform the majority of public service pension schemes. These reforms did not apply to members within 10 years of their normal pension…

If a member has an annual allowance charge they can either pay the charge directly to HMRC 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 still seeing enquiries from employers seeking clarification in relation to annual leave payments and payment in lieu of notice. Firstly, to confirm there has been no change to NHS Pension Scheme regulations. Payments for annual leave should…

This event relates to non-Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and non-Pensions Online (POL) year end submissions. Employers who use prepopulated excel spreadsheets to submit their annual update will be sent these on 15 March. The spreadsheet and…