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We’re always looking for new ways to keep our members informed about the NHS Pension Scheme, and part of this includes making it easier for you to communicate Scheme information to your employees. We are excited to tell you that we have been…

We’re always looking for new ways to keep our members informed about the NHS Pension Scheme, and part of this includes making it easier for you to communicate Scheme information to your employees. Last month, we let you know that we had developed…

To help support NHS Pension Scheme members who are continuing to deal with the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the decision has been taken to extend the voluntary scheme pays deadline for 2020/21. If a member has an annual allowance…

HMRC has introduced a new digital service that will enable members who have new annual allowance charges, or changes to annual allowance charges as a result of rollback, to: • reassess any previous annual allowance charges during the remedy period…

Legislative requirements place a responsibility upon employers to provide information to NHS Pensions. This information will enable NHS Pensions to provide an Annual Allowance statement to members who could be affected. The requirements specify…

The NHS Pension Scheme employer contribution rate increased on 1 April 2019 from 14.3% to 20.6%, plus the employer levy of 0.08%. In March 2019 the consultation response announcing the rise, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) confirmed…

When sending NHS Pensions the ill-health retirement application form and any supporting medical evidence, ensure these are sent to us as soon as possible.  This is particularly important for members who receive a terminal diagnosis. Sadly, NHS…

We are receiving an increasing number of enquiries to our contact centre from members who are planning to retire and believe they have submitted their application a number of months ago, but we haven’t yet received their AW8. In all cases, AW8…

We are currently experiencing some intermittent issues with Pensions Online (POL). We continue to work to resolve this and apologise for any inconvenience it is causing you. We’ll share further updates as these become available. POL will be…

The NHS Pensions member events aim to help members understand everything they need to know about their NHS pension and how to navigate through the Scheme. We have a number of events planned throughout the year to help them which include:…