Family benefits and life assurance

Read our factsheet to find out what to do if a member dies while working for the NHS:
Death in membership - useful information for employers (PDF: 161KB)

Guidance for calculating the Life Assurance Lump Sum (LALS) for Partial Retirement pensioners who die in pensionable employment (Word: 200KB)

Guidance for calculating the Life Assurance Lump Sum (LALS) for re-employed pensioners who die in pensionable employment (Word: 196KB)

Read the death on pension factsheet (PDF: 175KB) for information about what to do if a Scheme pensioner dies.

Read our factsheets for information about what a surviving partner may be entitled to:
Establishing the actual rate for initial adult dependant's pension - 1995 / 2008 Scheme (PDF: 142KB)Establishing the actual rate for initial adult dependant's pension - 2015 Scheme (PDF: 218KB)Adult dependant's pension - Death in membership (PDF: 195KB)

Death in service notification form (PDF: 371KB)

Read our factsheet for information about when a children’s pension may be payable:Children’s pension factsheet (PDF: 200KB)

Death in service notification form (PDF: 317KB)