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All members of the NHS Pension Scheme are given an 8-digit membership number. Members can find their membership number at the top of any letters they’ve received from us. Older letters may show it like this, ‘SD 00 / 123456’, but this format is…

Pensions Online (POL) error handling has a facility for employers to submit a comment on an error, to the NHS Pensions Data Management Teams. Employers are asked to submit comments where additional information can be provided to enable NHS Pensions…

The Stakeholder Engagement Team will be taking responsibility for the year end 2017/18 process for all organisations without access to Pensions Online (POL). This will provide more support and guidance to employers throughout the process whilst…

The Employer Newsletter is automatically sent to the email address we hold on record for the main pensions contact at each organisation. Therefore it is important that contact details are kept up to date. The contact details we hold for your…

In 2017/18 we focused on obtaining feedback from both members and employers to allow us to implement changes within our business or reaffirm that our current processes are fit for purpose. The 2017/18 Annual Employers Survey will be released in…

NHS Pensions is proud to be a member of The Institute of Customer Service (ICS).This is the professional body for customer service, helping organisations improve their customer experience and business performance. It has a membership body of over…

In Employer Newsletter 2 – February 2017 we advised that the Equitable Life Assurance Society had changed the bank account for the payment of contributions for members of the NHS Money Purchase Additional Voluntary Contribution (MPAVC) scheme with…

There are three main reasons why a pension statement may not be available. These are listed below, with just some examples of why this may be the case. There is a data issue that needs to be investigated Examples include: an outstanding data…

Scheme membership built up from 1 April 2008 is no longer subject to the pensionable earning cap. However, those that were subject to the cap in respect of some or all of their membership before that date, who are buying added years or unreduced…

We have seen an increase in the number of retirement applications (AW8) that have been inputted into POL or submitted incorrectly. We receive many AW8 forms that have been submitted with either incorrect payable dates or incorrect reasons for…