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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…
Deadline approaching for employers to apply for NHS Pension Scheme final pay controls to be reassessed
The 31 December 2021 deadline for employers to apply for the reassessment of final pay control charges incurred between 1 April 2018 and the 1 July 2021 is almost here.
Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published…
Greenbury 2022 Reminder
The Greenbury 2022 window will open on the 4 January 2022 from 9am. Pensions online (POL) will be unavailable between 7am to 9am on the morning of the 4 January to allow for the Greenbury refresh from the previous year to take place. Please do not…
The Coronavirus Act 2020 and an update on the end of temporary suspensions for retire and return
Since the 25 March 2020, The Coronavirus Act 2020 has temporarily suspended some of the regulations governing the administration of NHS pensions, including the temporary suspension of:
the 16-hour rule
abatement for special class status holders…
Changes in how the Data Management Team requests information from employers for data queries
We suspended several steps in the data escalation process whilst we dealt with COVID-19 as we felt from an employer's and a Pension Team perspective, we all made significant adjustment to ways of working. The timeframes were lapsed and we stopped…
Changes to the AW171 retirement benefits process
We would like to thank you for your continued support whilst the revised automated AW171 retirement benefits process has been bedding in. During the implementation we have worked with you to alleviate some of your initial concerns. We created a set…