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The following forms have recently been updated to include an additional option within the applicant’s declaration and consent section. Consideration of entitlement to ill health retirement claim form (AW33E) Consideration of entitlement for…

When sending ill health application forms, please ensure that all reports are enclosed including any report from a member’s specialist(s).  Please ensure the correct version of the application form is used and sent to NHS Pensions to consider. In…

A number of our forms are now in the process of being updated and published. You will see these appearing on our website shortly. Each form will be updated to include a brief standard paragraph explaining how we use information. Where a form…

As per the last pensions update explaining the removal of the paper AW171, we wanted to confirm the process for non-POL employers requesting changes to information. Instead of sending in the AW171, all non-POL employers will now need to submit the…

For terminal ill health cases, an AW341 application form is required along with the AW33E. The team have recently noticed an increase in terminal ill health estimates being requested where the commuted incapacity box has been ticked in error to…

NHS Pensions is seeing an increase in the amount of retirement benefit claim forms (AW8) being signed by the incorrect employing authorities. If the member is a GP in England all GP pensions are administrated by Primary Care Support England (PCSE)…

GP surgeries and APMS contractors are reminded that they should have already submitted their estimate of pensionable income form to NHS England/PCSE or the Local Health Board in Wales. If they have not they should do so immediately otherwise the GPs…

The Estimate of Pensionable Income form for 2021/22 is now available on the practitioner webpage, located in our Member Hub. Every GP practice (GMS and PMS contractor) and APMS contractor (that qualifies as an APMS employing authority) must submit…

The 2019/20 Type 2 medical practitioner Self Assessment form and supporting guidance is on our website. It can be found on the practitioner webpage in our Member Hub. All surgery based salaried GPs and career Out of Hours GPs must, under statutory…

We have seen an increase in members submitting the New Employee Questionnaire form directly to NHS Pensions. Could all employers please make sure that members are aware that they must submit this back to yourselves (their employer), and not to NHS…