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Pensions scams
Anyone can fall victim to pension scams because they can be difficult to spot. In one year, 1 in 17 adults were victims to fraud according to the 2023 Crime Survey for England and Wales.
Scammers are typically…
February 2021 update on government changes to public service pension schemes
The Court of Appeal ruling on 'protection', known as the McCloud Judgment
In 2015 the government made changes to reform the majority of public service pension schemes. These reforms did not apply to members within 10 years of their normal pension…
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…
Member events
Our member events will help you understand more about your NHS pension and the NHS Pension Scheme.
We have events planned throughout the year to help you:
understand what the NHS Pension Scheme is
find out about your Total Reward Statement and…
Pension Awareness 2023: Getting started
Pension Awareness Week is all about helping to raise awareness of the importance of pensions. Throughout the week we’ll be sharing information on the NHS Pension Scheme, what it is and why it’s so valuable.
If you’ve just recently joined the NHS…
The Public Services Pension remedy (McCloud remedy)
Every Public Service Pension Scheme is working through significant complexity to put in place the Public Service Pensions Remedy for all affected members
As the largest Scheme, the NHS Pension Scheme has made progress towards implementing the…
Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme
There are 2 NHS Pension schemes. There's the 1995 / 2008 Scheme and the 2015 Scheme.
From 1 April 2022, all new and active members of the NHS Pension Scheme are members of the 2015 Scheme.
Watch our video to understand about the NHS Pension Scheme…
Current processing times for NHS Pensions
This page was last updated 15 August 2025
Payments
Payments
Current processing times
Payment of your retirement benefits
We aim to pay your first pension payment within 30 calendar days from the date of your…
Useful information for pensioners
P60s and Advice of Payments
P60s and Advice of Payments (AOPs) will typically arrive by the end of May. These will be sent in batches with the 2025 Pensioner newsletter.
Only contact us if you have not received your pack by 1 June 2025.
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NHS Pensions and Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)
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…