Employers Toolkit

• NHS Pensions Home
• Employers
  • Employers Charter
  • Pensions Online
  • Employers Library
    • APMS/SPMS
    • Employing Authority Look-up
    • NHS Pension Scheme 2010/11 Contribution Assurance
    • Employers Toolkit
  • Contact NHS Pensions - Employers

The information below has been provided to assist Employers with NHS Pension administration. 

• Employer Guides

  Here you will find the current Employer guides such as APMS guide, GP Practice and Directions administration guides.

• Employer Newsletters

  In this section you will find the Newsletters, Finance letters and Managing Director letters.

• Employer Presentations

  In this section you'll find presentations that you may find useful.

• Pension Scheme Forms

  In this section there are a selection of forms including joining, updates, leaving, census, nominations, applications, GP Forms and divorce.

• A Guide for GP Practices

  In this section you will find a GP Practice Administration Guide.

• Direction Employer Guides

  These guides are intended for Direction Employers who are responsible for managing employees pension contributions and member records.

• Electronic Staff Record System (ESR)

  In this section you will find Notices for ESR users, information for employers who do use ESR and Interface requirements for financial year 08/09.

• Joining the Scheme

  In this section there are factsheets, FAQ and decision trees about eligibility, capacity codes and which scheme.

• Pensionable Pay and Contributions

  In this section you will find information material on tiered contributions, pensionable pay, including annual leave, maternity leave, sick leave and protection of pay

• Manage Scheme Membership

  This section contains factsheets, decision trees and FAQs on membership including calculating membership, part-time, special class, MHO, age limits, civil partnership and gender recognition.

• Increasing Benefits

  This section contains factsheets, decision trees and FAQs on added years, half cost added years, unreduced lump sum retiring allowance and money purchase additional voluntary contributions.

• Family Benefits

  This section contains decision trees, factsheets and FAQs on death in membership, death on pension, survivor's pensions, child allowance and nominations.

• Leaving the Scheme

  This section contains Factsheets and FAQs providing information on Opting Out of the Scheme

• Refunds

  This section contains factsheets, FAQs and a guide for refund applications.

• Deferred Membership

  This page containd information on deferring benefits after leaving the scheme.

• Transferring Scheme Benefits

  This section contains factsheets and FAQs on transferring benefits in and out of the NHS Pension Scheme.

• Pensions on Divorce

  This section contains FAQs on Pension on Divorce.

• Retirement

  This section contains factsheets, decision trees and FAQs on all retirements and includes information on GMP, pension commutation, pensions increase, flexible retirement and allocation.

• Finance Act and Tax

  This section contains factsheets and decision trees about Finance Act and Tax including annual allowance, A-day valuation, lump sums after age 75 and minimum pension age.

• Practitioner, Locums, Out of Hours and non-GP Providers

  This section contains factsheets, FAQ's, decision trees for Out of Hours, GP Locums, Non-GP Providers, Salaried GPs.

• Employer Group Issues and Resolutions

  This section provides employers with access to documents that respond to issues raised by Employer Groups and gives answers to any questions that were outstanding from the meeting.

• Pension Scheme Guide Archive

  This section contains the old Employers Guide, which is now out of date in places but will be retained on this website until the rest of the Employers Toolkit is developed further. Employers are therefore advised to use this guide with a degree of caution