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The Estimate of Pensionable Income form for 2021/22 is now available on the practitioner webpage, located in our Member Hub. Every GP practice (GMS and PMS contractor) and APMS contractor (that qualifies as an APMS employing authority) must submit…

The 2019/20 Type 2 medical practitioner Self Assessment form and supporting guidance is on our website. It can be found on the practitioner webpage in our Member Hub. All surgery based salaried GPs and career Out of Hours GPs must, under statutory…

Further to the announcement in our January edition of the Employer Update, that the transitional arrangement for the increase of employer contributions will continue during 2021/2022, it has been confirmed that this arrangement will continue for…

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…