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NHS Pensions has updated the ill heath retirement forms, making the question on life expectancy mandatory for all applications. If this is not completed, an application form will be returned causing potential delay for the members application.…

This course is available to all new local administrators of the NHS Pension Scheme who are less than 12 months in post and provides an overview of what is expected of you as an NHS Pension Scheme administrator throughout a Scheme year. At the end…

This course is available to all new local administrators of the NHS Pension Scheme who are less than 12 months in post and provides an overview of what is expected of you as an NHS Pension Scheme administrator throughout a Scheme year. At the end…

Following a change to the discount rate used for public service pension schemes that HM Treasury announced on 30 March 2023, the prices used to calculate Additional Pension purchases have changed. These will be implemented from 1 April 2024. All…

To qualify for a refund, a member must:    have left the scheme before reaching Normal Pension Age   have ceased membership of the Scheme in all employments   have less than two years qualifying membership in the NHS Pension Scheme.…

This is a reminder that employers should not be providing members with the EA contact number. This line is answered as a priority for employers only, and members using it can cause delays in responding to employers. Please encourage members to use…

Non ESR employers are not required to submit a ‘Joining or rejoining the NHS Pension Scheme (SS10)’ form for NHS staff that opt out of the Scheme within the first calendar month, providing they have completed the application to leave the NHS Pension…

HMRC have published a look up service that allows scheme administrators to check the status of a Lifetime Allowance protection certificate. However, the look up service does not give all the necessary confirmation to allow NHS Pensions to calculate…

The table below shows our recent monthly performance for pension award processing: The Officers sub award plan continues to remain on track with full recovery still expected at the end of August 2018.…

First awards A total of 4708 applications have been processed so far in July of which 99.47% were paid on time. To recap, for the full month of June 4616 were processed of which 98.57% were paid on time.   Bereavements Bereavements recovery is…