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Legislative requirements place a responsibility upon employers to provide information to NHS Pensions. This information will enable NHS Pensions to provide an Annual Allowance statement to members who could be affected. The requirements specify…

In Employer Newsletter 2 – February 2017 we advised that the Equitable Life Assurance Society had changed the bank account for the payment of contributions for members of the NHS Money Purchase Additional Voluntary Contribution (MPAVC) scheme with…

There are 3 main reasons why an annual benefit statement (ABS) may not be available for your members. These are listed below with some examples: There is an issue that needs to be investigated. This could be because: We have a query about the…

It’s been a few months since we introduced the final system changes to automate the AW171 process. You now no longer need to send us the AW171 form to trigger a review of the pension in payment and determine whether a revised pension is appropriate…

We would like to thank you for your continued support whilst the revised automated AW171 retirement benefits process has been bedding in. During the implementation we have worked with you to alleviate some of your initial concerns. We created a set…

We’re working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS Employers and NHS England to work through the new rules to allow members to take partial retirement from 1 October 2023 and help employers get ready for the change. The…

We would like to clarify our current position in regards to providing annual allowance pension savings statements. Recently we have issued annual allowance statements through our automation process, meeting the legislative deadline of 6 October…

We have received a number of FPC1 forms where the box (non-GP provider) has been ticked incorrectly when completing Question 1. As there appears to be some confusion around this we felt it might be helpful to clarify what constitutes a non-GP…

There are level 1 GP practice manager training events in September 2022, presenting educational training tailored for practice managers. The events will be delivered virtually via Microsoft Teams and is in two parts. The second session needs to…

The issue that was affecting the Partial Retirement Calculator has been resolved. The Partial Retirement Calculator can be accessed from the partial retirement page of the website: Partial retirement | NHSBSA As a reminder, members can use the …