It has been confirmed by The Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) that the SD65 form is no longer required to be completed by Direction employers for any new starters from the 1 August 2019. It will be the Employer’s responsibility to notify us within three months of commencing their employment by either completing an SS10 joiner form or submitting the joiner details through Pensions On-Line (POL). The member will still be required to meet the 12 month eligibility criteria which will be checked on all non POL joiners received and for POL employers, this will be checked when completing the annual check process.
A letter of comfort confirming the changes to the legal documents will be issued to all Direction Employers shortly. Any further queries relating to this can be directed to the Scheme Access Team at nhsbsa.schemeaccess@nhs.net