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Every September, Pension Awareness Week helps to raise awareness of the importance of pensions and improve the financial wellbeing of people across the UK in their retirement. Throughout the week, we’ll be sharing information on the NHS Pension…

In 2022, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) proposed changes to the amount members pay for their NHS Pension benefits. We wrote to members at the time and explained that some changes would take effect on 1 October 2022, while others…

Where employers receive public funding for staff costs, and that funding is continuing, it is expected that employers will use that money to continue to pay staff in the usual way and not furlough them. This includes Trusts, GP Practices etc. who…

Refreshed Total Reward Statements (TRS) and Annual Benefit Statements (ABS) are now available. Visit our TRS website to find out how to view your statement. Each year your pensions records are updated to the 31 March from information sent to us by…

NHS Pensions is seeing an increase in the amount of retirement benefit claim forms (AW8) being signed by the incorrect employing authorities. If the member is a GP in England all GP pensions are administrated by Primary Care Support England (PCSE)…

This is a further reminder for employers to ensure that any applications for Protection of Pay or Voluntary Protection of Pay are submitted to NHS Pensions within the relevant time limits. Also, that sufficient, supporting information is included…

In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, we have taken, and continue to take, proactive steps to ensure we support members, employers and colleagues. This has included introducing a number of easements and changes to processes to…

The Stakeholder Engagement Team, working with the Digital Project Team, have been continuing the rollout of our new financial information collection service, MCP. Over 30% of employers are now on-boarded to the service.  If you have been sent an on-…

Should you have any employees who have applied to retire but would now like to defer their retirement, please email details to nhsbsa.stakeholderengagement@nhs.net. Please include ‘Deferred Retirement’ in the subject heading of the email. Our team…

The NHS Business Services Authority is sympathetic to the situation that NHS staff currently find themselves in during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and are keen to support members of the NHS Pension Scheme (England and Wales) who are front…