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A number of cases have come to light whereby a member has been offered a career break immediately following sick leave. Career breaks should not be used instead of sick leave, or to prevent the member accruing disallowed days. Where a member has…

We will only accept a third party signature on benefit application forms such as, Part B of  form AW33E, the retirement benefits application form AW8 and application to commute ill health retirement benefits form AW341, where the member has…

 NHS Pensions is continuing to receive applications for; 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)  Due to the…

Following the release of Total Reward Statements (TRS) and annual benefit statements (ABS), NHS Pensions has received enquiries regarding the retirement age for Special Class transitional members showing as age 60.  If a member held Special Class…

Employers are reminded of the importance of using the correct termination code when closing down a pension record normally from the beginning of the next pay period. Exit code 16 should be used for all cases where the member continues to work but…

We have noticed an increase in the number of requests from employers received on behalf of the members, to change the decision in relation to their lump sum choice when completing the retirement application form AW8. We are therefore asking…

From 1 April 2025, the tiered contribution ranges to work out the contribution rate a member pays for membership of the Scheme has changed. The new ranges are: Pensionable pay ranges from 1 April 2025 Contribution rates from 1 April…

Since the last update in March, we’ve been working hard to set up and test the new IP address to be able to share with you.  We’re finalising guidance and creating a new web page to help you with testing validation. We expect to be able to provide…

Further dates are available for the Level 1 and Level 2 GP practice manager events, which include educational training tailored for practice managers, delivered virtually via Microsoft Teams.   Practice managers need to attend the whole training…

The Data Management Team are currently receiving a high volume of emails. Due to this, it may take longer than usual to respond. The team are working through these requests as quickly as possible, and in the meantime, we ask you do not send any…