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Changes to the AW171 retirements benefits process
It’s been a few months since we introduced the final system changes to automate the AW171 process. You now no longer need to send us the AW171 form to trigger a review of the pension in payment and determine whether a revised pension is appropriate…
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…
Completing the Final Pay Control form – what constitutes a non-GP provider (FPC1)
We have received a number of FPC1 forms where the box (non-GP provider) has been ticked incorrectly when completing Question 1.
As there appears to be some confusion around this we felt it might be helpful to clarify what constitutes a non-GP…
Disclosure of senior managers’ remuneration (Greenbury) 2022
We anticipate that the Greenbury functionality within Pensions Online (POL) will be available from Tuesday 4 January 2022.
Requests for disclosure information should be received by NHS Pensions between 4 January 2022 and 28 February 2022 to enable…
New spreadsheets for non-POL employers
Following feedback from our non-POL (Pensions Online) users, we have amended the leaver spreadsheet to enable more information to be provided when a member leaves the organisation.
The information that can now be included are changes to the…
GP Practice Manager Events - Level 2
The NHS Pensions Stakeholder Engagement Team are delivering Level 2 GP Practice Events commencing in November presenting educational training tailored for practice managers. These events will be delivered virtually via Microsoft Teams.
Practice…
The Coronavirus Act and the end of temporary suspensions for retire and return
The UK government’s Coronavirus action plan, published on 3 March 2020, set out measures to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.
This included increasing the available health and social care workforce by removing barriers to allow recently retired NHS…
NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme 2020 rule changes
Probate
On 18 November 2021 an updated version of the scheme rules was published which includes an amendment to Part 4 (paragraph 6). This allows claimants who are unable to obtain probate to receive benefits from the scheme. Some claimants may be…
Department of Health and Social Care launches consultation on proposed changes to Scheme Regulations to support McCloud Remedy
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a consultation on proposed changes to the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations that will be required to put the first part of the McCloud Remedy in place.
What is included in the consultation
The…
Total Rewards Statement/Annual Benefit Statements – Mid Year refresh
The process of the mid-year refresh has started and member details up to 8 October will be used for the refreshed statements. Any amendments to member details from 9 October will be included in the annual refresh in 2022.
We expect the mid-year…