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Important news if you've received a 1995/2008 Scheme pension savings statement for 2023/24
You may have received a 1995/2008 Scheme pension savings statement showing a pension input amount for tax year 2023/24 in brackets, ‘£(10,987.60)', for example. This means that the figure is a negative pension input amount.
You need to read the…
Getting an estimate of your pension
We provide active and deferred members with an Annual Benefit Statement (ABS). They’re also known as Total Reward Statements (TRS) and can be accessed via Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
You can watch our video for information about how to request…
Current processing times for NHS Pensions
This page was last updated on 23 May 2025.
Payments
Payments
Current processing times
Payment of your retirement benefits
Within 30 calendar days from the date of your retirement, or from the date we received all…
NHS Pensions Finance
Contribution collection
Payment schedule
NHS employers have a statutory duty to ensure scheme contributions reach the NHS Pensions’ bank account by the 19th of the month following the month in which the earnings were paid to the member.
2025 to…
Contact NHS Pensions - members
Queries
If you have any questions about NHS Pensions, contact us by:
Telephone: 0300 330 1346
Outside UK: +44 191 283 8918
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pmFind out about call charges
Email: nhsbsa.pensionsmember@nhsbsa.nhs.uk
Facebook: direct…
Applying for your pension
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Overview
When you're ready to take your NHS Pension, you'll need to apply for it.
The NHS Pension Scheme overview (PDF: 178KB) provides more detail about the different pension schemes you could have pension benefits in.
Read the…
Tax information
Annual Allowance
Employer information required for Annual Allowance
By law, employers must provide NHS Pensions with available pay and membership information to allow Pension Savings Statements to be provided to members. The deadline for 2019/…
Final pay controls
The aim of the final pay control regulations in the 1995 Section of the NHS Pension Scheme is to protect the NHS Pension Scheme against the costs of excessive increases in pensionable pay at or before retirement.
Employers are charged if they give…
DHSC consultation outcome - April 2024 scheme regulation changes
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published the outcome of the consultation on proposed amendments to the NHS Pension Scheme regulations to be introduced in April 2024.
Changes that apply to all members
Contribution rates may…
Ill health
If you're an employer supporting a member with an ill health application, we've made the process as easy as possible to navigate on our website.
The following information gives you all that you'll need, including an ill health guide for employers…