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Payment of pensions after opting out of the NHS Pension Scheme
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…
Final Pay Control supplementary form FPC1
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…
Government consultation on pension flexibilities
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-…
Make Contribution Payments (MCP) update
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-…
Terminal ill health cases
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…
GP/GDP claiming retirement benefits
NHS Pensions is seeing an increase in the amount of retirement benefit claim forms (AW8) being signed by the incorrect employing authorities.
If the member is a GP in England all GP pensions are administrated by Primary Care Support England (PCSE)…
Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) tests
Any requests for a GMP test need to be sent via email to gmptestrequest@nhs.net
When requesting a GMP test, the following information is required:-
• Intended retirement date
• Notional Whole time Total Pensionable pay figure…