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NHS employers are reminded that the only self-employed individuals who have access to the NHS Pension Scheme are General Practitioners, General Dental Practitioners, Ophthalmic Medical Practitioners, and non-GP Providers. Any other individual…

Following the article published in July, we have received a number of queries from employers and we felt that further clarification was necessary. Checking the payable date Opted out less than 5 years ago Member has opted out less…

The Department of Health and Social Care is to open a new consultation on revised proposals for flexibilities in the NHS Pension Scheme. More details can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nhs-pensions-for-senior-clinicians-new-…

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published a revised consultation on proposed flexibilities to the NHS Pension Scheme.  Please find more information at the link below. The closing date for responses is 1 November 2019. https://…

If a member wants to retire during a TUPE consultation or pending a TUPE, a 24 hour break in service must be taken before benefits are claimed. This includes new employers (receiving organisation) applying for continued NHS Pensions access for…

We anticipate that the Greenbury functionality within Pensions Online (POL) will be available from Monday 6 January 2020. Requests for disclosure information should be received by NHS Pensions between 6 January 2020 and Friday 28 February 2020 to…

The annual allowance team is now administering annual allowance requests received on the 13 September 2019. However, we have a number of cases that require further information or update before the statement can be issued. If you made a request…

If you need to contact us about AVCs (Additional Voluntary Contributions), AP (Additional Pension), or ERRBO (Early Retirement Reduction Buy Out) please email us at nhsbsa.apavcreferrals@nhs.net.  These email accounts are no longer active:…

You can now access the 2019-20 End of Year Certificate via our website. As part of your New Fair Deal (NFD) status, you are legally required to complete end of year certificates for each employer code you have declaring Scheme members,…

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,…