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When an employee is leaving or if they die in service with outstanding annual leave to be paid, this is classed as pensionable service. The pension leaving date should reflect the date that the annual leave is paid up to.  In ESR this should be…

As a follow up to the contribution changes, the Stakeholder Engagement Team will be hosting events throughout December to provide an overview of member contributions and pensionable pay for NHS Trusts, GP Practices and Direction Bodies. All…

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…

We are still seeing enquiries from employers seeking clarification in relation to annual leave payments and payment in lieu of notice. Firstly, to confirm there has been no change to NHS Pension Scheme regulations. Payments for annual leave should…

Where a member leaves NHS employment on or after 1 April 2014 and their benefits are deferred, the member’s deferred benefits will be checked to see if they exceed the Final Pay Control limits when their benefits are either: Transferred to…

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a consultation on proposals to amend the NHS Pension Scheme rules to help retain more experienced NHS clinicians and remove barriers to staff returning to work following retirement. What is…

The NHS Pensions Stakeholder Engagement Team are delivering additional Level 2 GP Practice Events, commencing in October and November, presenting educational training tailored for Practice Managers. These events will be delivered virtually via…

The application form to leave the NHS Pension Scheme (SD502 form) should be kept for your own records, following your own data retention policy. They do not need to be sent to NHS Pensions. You can access the up-to-date version of the SD502 form…

Please be careful when completing an AW8 pension application online. If the member has left pensionable membership and is claiming benefits immediately, the payable date should be the day after the members last day of employment and not their date…

The Stakeholder Engagement Team are now finalising the arrangements for the next round of GP Practice stakeholder events. These events will run from April to December in the following locations: Birmingham Exeter Leeds Crewe Newcastle…