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We are still receiving membership enquiries on incorrect forms. Please be reminded of the processes below as advised in the June 2019 newsletter. The website membership enquiry process has been updated to include Retrospective and Part Time Access…

Junk mail Check your outlook settings to make sure you can receive correspondence from NHS Pensions, as some correspondence maybe stopped by your Firewall or go into your junk (spam) folder. add @nhs.net e-mail addresses to your saved sender list…

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…

Revised redundancy conditions for employees  From 1 April 2015, new redundancy provisions were introduced as part of the 2015 pay settlement for staff. This is covered by Agenda for Change terms and conditions When an employee is made redundant…

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a consultation on proposed amendments to the NHS Pension Scheme regulations to be introduced in April 2024. The proposals are to: deliver phase 2 of the review of member contributions…

We are continuing to maintain performance in the payment of first pension applications with a total of 5177 applications paid in January so far (30th January). The total applications on hand currently stand at 4699, slightly less than the same time…

MPAVC allows you to make more contributions to build a separate retirement fund. How MPAVC works The additional contributions you make are invested. They are used to supplement your main scheme benefits at retirement or later. You can take up to…

Following the change to the discount rate used for public service pension scheme that HM Treasury announced on 30 March 2023, the factors used to calculate CETVs for members transferring out of the Scheme, and calculating CETVs for divorce purposes…

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 (…

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-…