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Calculating the Life Assurance Lump Sum (LALS) for re-employed pensioners who die in pensionable employment
When a member retires from the NHS Pension Scheme and then returns to pensionable employment, their death in membership Life Assurance Lump Sum (LALS) is worked out differently than if they had died in service before retiring.
Where a re-employed…
Understanding your benefits in the 2015 Scheme
From 1 April 2022, all members of the NHS Pension Scheme will be members of our 2015 Scheme.The 2015 Scheme is a Career Average Revalued Earnings (CARE) scheme. This is a form of defined benefit pension scheme. When you take your pension…
About the NHS Pension Scheme
The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit occupational pension scheme. It’s open to all NHS employees and employees of other approved organisations.
Pension benefits are based on earnings and how long a member has been in the Scheme. Backed…
Family benefits and life assurance
Guidance for what you need to do when a member dies.When a member diesDeath in membershipRead our Death in membership - useful information for employers factsheet (PDF: 161KB) to find out what to do if a member dies while working for the NHS.Life…
Normal pension age
Normal pension age is:
60 years old in the 1995 section
65 years old in the 2008 section
Members with special class status in the 1995 section may have the right to retire from a normal pension age of 55.
In the 2015 scheme, it's the…
Technical guidance
You can access technical guidance about the NHS Pension Scheme to help you administer it correctly. New administrators of the NHS Pension SchemeWe recommend reading our Employer’s quick start guide (Word: 904KB) if you’ve recently been accepted…
Maximum lump sum
Information on exchanging part of an annual pension for a lump sum.
At retirement, members may be able to exchange some annual pension for a lump sum / larger lump sum.
This applies to:
1995 section (except members who left before 1 April 2008…
Important news if you've received a 1995/2008 Scheme pension savings statement for 2023/24
You may have received a 1995/2008 Scheme pension savings statement showing a pension input amount for tax year 2023/24 in brackets, ‘£(10,987.60)', for example. This means that the figure is a negative pension input amount.
You need to…
Increasing your pension
You may be able to increase your NHS Pension in different ways:
Benefits payable on death
In the event of your death, a lump sum and pension benefits for your dependants may be payable.
The benefits payable will depend on your circumstances at the time of your death.
A lump sum on death is a normally tax free sum of money…