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Department of Health and Social Care launches consultation on introduction of retirement flexibilities
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a consultation on proposals to amend the NHS Pension Scheme rules to help retain more experienced NHS clinicians and remove barriers to staff returning to work following retirement.
What is…
The Coronavirus Act and the end of temporary suspensions for retire and return
The UK government’s Coronavirus action plan, published on 3 March 2020, set out measures to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.
This included increasing the available health and social care workforce by removing barriers to allow recently retired NHS…
2022/23 Estimate of Pensionable Income - GP practices and APMS contractors
The Estimate of Pensionable Income form for 2022/23 is now available on the practitioner webpage, located in our Member Hub. We are sorry for the delay in publishing, this was due to us awaiting the outcome of DHSC’s consultation on changes to…
Special Class and Mental Health Officer status
We’ve updated our guidance for each status and there are factsheets available for employers and members.
There are eligibility criteria for the employment groups that can automatically qualify and for circumstances where an application might be…
Ill heath applications and guidance for occupational health specialists/ doctors
When sending NHS Pensions an application for entitlement to ill health retirement (Form AW33E) and any supporting medical evidence, please ensure that the form is in sequential order, in the correct orientation and remove any blank pages before…
Partial retirement employer update and live event
A reminder that we are holding an NHS Pensions Employer Live Event on Partial Retirement at 10am on Wednesday 19 July 2023.
The event is aimed at payroll providers and pension administrators and will focus on the partial retirement application…
Partial retirement calculator coming soon - information for employers
Since changes to partial retirement were announced earlier this year, we’ve been working hard to make sure our processes, tools, and guidance are updated to support members and employers.
As part of this work, the Government Actuary’s Department (…
Contacting us by email
In order to prevent double handling and potential delays, please only direct each query into the one relevant account.
Below are the accounts that NHS Pensions expect employers to use and the reasons the account should be used for:
Email…
Injury Benefits Permanent Injury form
The NHS Injury Benefit Scheme is only available to applicants who have sustained an injury or contracted a disease on or before 30 March 2013.
The Injury Benefit Regulations were amended for any applicants who left NHS employment on or after 31…
2018 to 2019 Non Pensions Online (POL) Annual Update (Organisations without access to Pensions Online)
Following the success of the 2017/18 non POL update process, we've made a few improvements and are now well underway in rolling out the process for 2018 to 2019 to non POL employers.
This has involved;
face-to-face training for 125 pension…