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The following is an announcement on behalf of DHSC: The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) encourages and urges all Optometrists with an NHS contract to continue registering with HM Government’s PPE Portal to order COVID-19 PPE, free of…

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When an employee is leaving or if they die in service with outstanding annual leave to be paid, this is classed as pensionable service. The pension leaving date should reflect the date that the annual leave is paid up to.  In ESR this should be…

As per the last pensions update explaining the removal of the paper AW171, we wanted to confirm the process for non-POL employers requesting changes to information. Instead of sending in the AW171, all non-POL employers will now need to submit the…

We would like to remind all employers that the deadline for submitting year end updates has now passed. Failure to submit year end data can result in penalties imposed by HMRC for each member where the data is outstanding.  The timely submission of…

We advised in a previous newsletters that employers are no longer required to send the paper SD502 opt out form to NHS Pensions and we have amended the form to include this advice. Instead, it is the employer’s responsibility to retain the form in…

This is an announcement on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI). The new 2022 Pharmacy Access Scheme (PhAS) will come into effect from 1 January 2022. The revised scheme is part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 5-year…

Article originally published 18 January 2022.  Link to partial retirement factsheet restored.   The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that the government’s Coronavirus Act 2020 setting out measures to respond to the COVID-19…

You can contact us Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm:  Online: using our online form Telephone: 0300 330 1348  Email address: nhsbsa.dentalservices@nhsbsa.nhs.uk If you choose to contact us by email, include your: reference number, if you have one…

We can provide you with an interpreter service if English is not your first language and you need advice about getting help with the cost of any of the following: NHS prescriptions NHS dental treatment Sight tests Glasses or contact lenses…