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Ill health retirement and serious ill health retirement forms
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…
Level 1 GP practice manager additional events
Due to the exceptional demand, we’ve added a few additional Level 1 GP practice manager events to take place in January 2022.
As a reminder, there are two training sessions:
• GP Practice Manager Event Level 1 Part 1
• GP Practice Manager…
Contribution rates for members in reduced pay scenarios
In October 2022, the member contribution structure changed from being based on notional whole time pay to actual pay.
A detailed payroll provider document was released at the time explaining the changes, providing examples of how different…
The correct way to access Pensions Online (POL)
Some employing authorities (EA) have reported receiving a ‘500 – internal server error’ when submitting a SD55/AW8 through Pension Online. This has been investigated and access to POL is not being started from the initial homepage, but through a…
Member contribution changes on GP forms
To coincide with the changes to member contribution rates from the 1 October 2022, we have published a number of new GP forms for use from the 1 October. These include:
GP Locum Form A – for use from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023
GP Locum Form…
Temporary suspension of cash equivalent transfer value (CETV) calculations
Following a change to the discount rate used for public service pension schemes that HM Treasury announced on 30 March 2023, the factors used to calculate transfer values for non-Club transfers and pensions on divorce will change.
We have been…
Administration Foundations Courses for June-August 2023
This course is available to all new local administrators of the NHS Pension Scheme who are less than 12 months in post and provides an overview of what is expected of you as an NHS Pension Scheme administrator throughout a Scheme year.
At the end…
Pensions Online (POL) Downtime - August 2023
POL will be available throughout August between 7am and 7pm apart from the following dates when there will be downtime for scheduled system maintenance:
Sunday 20 August
If we do need to bring POL down at short notice for urgent maintenance, we…
Non-POL updates - end of year information
On an annual basis all employing authorities (EAs) are required to submit end of year information to NHS Pensions. You must submit this information to NHS Pensions by 24 May 2024.
If you use Pensions Online (POL) you should submit this year end…
Part time pensionable pay update
Further to an article in the January 2016 Employer Newsletter, we are continuing to consider the system changes required to ensure that the whole time equivalent pay is calculated correctly for part time staff who are in receipt of supplementary…