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We have received a number of enquiries from employers seeking clarification when calculating Notional Whole-Time (NWT) pensionable pay with supplementary payments. Information on how to calculate the Notional Whole Time Total Pensionable Pay is…

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published the outcome of its consultation on proposed amendments to the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations. It confirms the changes that will be made to final pay controls from 1 July 2021 The aim of…

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a consultation on proposed changes to the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations that will be required to put the first part of the McCloud Remedy in place. What is included in the consultation The…

From 1 October 2023, members with 1995 Section benefits can take partial retirement. You can find more information on partial retirement, including a guide for employers on our Employer hub. We’ve put steps in place to process partial retirement…

The Court of Appeal ruling on 'protection', known as the McCloud Judgment In April 2015, the government put into effect reforms to all main public service pension schemes. The reforms that took place in 2015 did not apply to those closest to…

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…

The Data Management inbox (datamanagement@nhsbsa.nhs.uk) is not for general queries and should only be used in the following urgent cases:   To clear errors.  If you’ve been unable to make a change on POL and the POL helpdesk has been unable to…

Our current performance  The table below shows our recent monthly performance for pension award processing: Month Number of awards due to be paid in month (our target) Number of awards cleared within the month (…

Our second round of employer events is now well underway having visited Birmingham, Leeds, Brighton and Exeter. We have put together this round of events based on feedback previously received and we are delighted to continue to receive positive…

Our level of performance continues to be maintained as we strive to process first pension payments in a timely manner. A total of 3236 applications have been processed so far in April 2019 of which 96.48% were paid on time and of those 82.62% lump…