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We’re working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS Employers and NHS England to work through the new rules to allow members to take partial retirement from 1 October 2023 and help employers get ready for the change. The…

Following a change to the discount rate used for public service pension schemes that HM Treasury announced on 30 March 2023, the factors used to calculate transfer values for non-Club transfers and pensions on divorce changed. We are now able to…

The annual refresh of Total Rewards Statements (TRS) and Annual Benefit Statements (ABS) is taking place in August, and updated statements will be available to NHS Pension Scheme members from 22 August 2023. We'll be communicating to members to let…

Prudential have recently introduced a new online joining facility for members to join their MPAVC scheme. This service is available 24/7 and is already up and running. This has been introduced in addition to their telephone service where members can…

Following feedback from both our members and employers, we have made the decision that a member will qualify for a protection of pay estimate free of charge if they: are over minimum pension age intend to retire within the next 12 months. The…

During June the Stakeholder Engagement Team visited Birmingham and hosted two events for GP Practice managers. The events focused on basic administration of the NHS Pension Scheme and consisted of various workshops throughout the day led by…

The TRS & ABS mid-year refresh is underway and the data cut was taken on Friday 11 October 2019. The pension calculations and checks are now complete and the data was transferred to ESR on Friday 1 November 2019. We expect to be able to make…

We have been collating your feedback since 2017 when we first started the training sessions for GP Practice Managers. The Stakeholder Team are now planning the next round of training sessions, targeted at either level 1 - new or intermediate…

A message from Chris Dawson, Head of Service, NHS Pensions:  We understand that the current situation around COVID-19 continues to cause significant concern and uncertainty. I wanted to reassure you that at NHS Pensions we have taken, and continue…

The NHS Business Services Authority is sympathetic to the situation that NHS staff currently find themselves in during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and is keen to support members of the NHS Pension Scheme (England and Wales) who are front…