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Following the Employer Newsletter article about protection of pay estimates published in June, we have provided the below guidelines: Upon request we will provide a ‘most beneficial’ Age estimate, including protection of pay/multiple breaks, for…

Amendments will be made to Pensions Online (POL) to allow employers to submit AW8 retirement applications for members of the 2015 Scheme and members who have benefit entitlement in multiple schemes. This enhancement is currently anticipated to go…

When sending application forms to the NHSBSA, including the AW33E Consideration of entitlement to ill health retirement benefits form, you should ensure that forms are scanned in the correct order from page 1 to the end of the document before…

On 8 February 2017, the Supreme Court ruled to allow Ms Brewster’s appeal and declared the requirement in the 2009 Regulations of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Northern Ireland, that the appellant and her partner should have made a…

We are continuing to maintain performance in the payment of first pension applications with a total of 5177 applications paid in January so far (30th January). The total applications on hand currently stand at 4699, slightly less than the same time…

Due to the exceptional demand for spaces, we’ve arranged a few additional Level 1 GP practice manager events to take place in July. As a reminder, there are two training sessions:  GP Practice Manager Event Level 1 Part 1 GP Practice Manager…

The NHS Pensions Stakeholder Engagement Team is running a series of GP practice manager events throughout May and June 2021 delivering educational training tailored for practice managers. These events will be delivered virtually via Microsoft Teams…

Due to the unprecedented demand for spaces, we’ve arranged a number of additional Level 1 GP practice manager events to take place in June. As a reminder, there are two training sessions:  GP Practice Manager Event Level 1 Part 1 GP Practice…

Annual Allowance Employer information required for Annual Allowance By law, employers must provide NHS Pensions with available pay and membership information to allow Pension Savings Statements to be provided to members. The deadline for 2019/…

Members can increase their pension benefits in a number of ways. Additional Pension To set up an Additional Pension, follow the instructions in the Additional Pension decision tree (PDF: 311KB). Added Years Read the Added Years factsheet (…