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Please be careful when completing an AW8 pension application online. If the member has left pensionable membership and is claiming benefits immediately, the payable date should be the day after the members last day of employment and not their date…

We are currently receiving a number of paper retirement benefit claim forms (AW8) for employers that do not have access to Pensions Online. However we are unable to process a large proportion of these due to the members’ records still being active…

NHS Pensions is continuing to receive these applications forms: The Consideration of Entitlement to Ill Health Retirement benefits (AW33E)  The Consideration of Entitlement for Early Payment of Deferred Benefits due to Ill Health (AW240) …

When sending ill health application forms, please ensure that all reports are enclosed including any report from a member’s specialist(s).  Please ensure the correct version of the application form is used and sent to NHS Pensions to consider. In…

New guidance and a checklist are available in the Employer Hub on our website to support you with the ill health process. The guidance contains all the information you need to know about the process and the checklist helps you make sure all…

Allocation is a retirement flexibility that is available to all members of the NHS Pension Scheme. Following a review of the enquiries we receive about allocation, it was evident that we needed to make the application process and available guidance…

Further to previous updates, we have now implemented the final phase of the system functionality to automate the AW171 process. This functionality will automatically trigger a revised award work item where the change received indicates that this is…

NHS Pensions is currently improving the way we process claims for death benefits. To help the process run as effectively as possible it is essential that the correct forms are completed and member records updated accurately. Death in service forms…

In June, we advised you that the final phase of the system functionality to automate the AW171 process was complete and advised employers that AW171s are no longer required. Recently, we have seen an increase in the number of e-mails from employers…

Since changes to Pensions Online (POL) were implemented in September, we have received a large number of AW8s that have been submitted with either incorrect payable dates or incorrect reasons for retirement. We have also received applications that…