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Stakeholder engagement update
Thank you to everyone who attended our recent events in Peterborough, Carlisle, Leeds and London. We have received positive feedback which we appreciate and will use as we work to improve these events to meet your needs.
Our upcoming events…
Full system availability - Pensions Online and Compendia
The NHSBSA is currently in the process of transforming the pensioner payroll and administration.
To allow for the critical upgrade of our systems and the migration of data from existing systems there will be some system downtime coming up and we…
Sharing our performance - December 2018
The Awards recovery plan is now complete and we would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding during the time taken to recover. The overall work on hand for pension applications continues to reduce with the current outstanding…
Pensions Online (POL) & Electronic Staff Record (ESR) employers
Data error clearance
As we approach 31 March 2019, we'd like to remind employers that clearing errors allocated to you in 'Pensions Online' error handling, before the submission of your year-end data, will improve your year-end success rate and…
2018 to 2019 Non Pensions Online (POL) Annual Update (Organisations without access to Pensions Online)
Following the success of the 2017/18 non POL update process, we've made a few improvements and are now well underway in rolling out the process for 2018 to 2019 to non POL employers.
This has involved;
face-to-face training for 125 pension…
The NHS Pension Scheme for England and Wales - proposed changes to scheme regulations 2019
We notified you in the January 2019 employers newsletter about proposed changes to the National Health Service Pension Scheme, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2019.
The proposed changes include:…
Exceeding Whole Time action required
As the deadline for issuing pensions saving statements approaches please action any SM8’s received.
If the contributions and pay are not amended in line with a reduction in hours/sessions worked, the member may receive an incorrect Annual Allowance…
Non Pension Online (POL)
On an annual basis, all employing authorities are required to submit end of year information to NHS Pensions to allow us to complete our cyclic update of member records.
In 2020, Non POL Employers will be asked to complete and return the annual…
Employer contribution rate arrangements to remain for 2020/2021
The NHS Pension Scheme employer contribution rate increased on 1 April 2019 from 14.3% to 20.6%, plus an employer’s levy of 0.08%.
The Department of Health and Social Care’s consultation response announcing the rise, published in March 2019,…
Earning certificates for re-employed pensioners
In April/ May this year, we made the decision, due to the huge uncertainty within the NHS at that time, that we would only request annual earning certificates for those pensioners who had their pension abated. We are now in a position to collect…