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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that the transitional approach that has operated since 2019/20 for employer contributions will continue in 2025/26.   Employers should ensure that their payroll provider…

We’re always looking for new ways to keep our members informed about the NHS Pension Scheme, and part of this includes making it easier for you to communicate Scheme information to your employees. We are excited to tell you that we have been…

We're producing resources to help you give information to your members. We'll place new resources on this page as they become available. Always access resources from this page rather than saving them to make sure you're always accessing the…

When an employee is made redundant and chooses to claim pension benefits, an employer’s responsibility to pay capitalisation costs is limited so the cost cannot exceed an employee’s redundancy payment.A member is made redundant from NHS employment…

The latest instalment of our NHS Pensions podcast is now available. The newest episode delves into the subject of how to increase your NHS Pension focusing on the various ways that members can increase their pension before retirement and guides…

We provide activity processing and payment services for NHS dentists in England and Wales. This includes: processing over 43 million NHS dental claims for patient treatments every year making annual payments of more than £2 billion to…

In late July 2026, we'll be moving the Pensions Online (POL) system to the cloud.Due to the move, POL will be unavailable for approximately one week. We're still finalising the details and will confirm the exact dates and expected downtime closer to…

The NHS Pensions Remedy Benefits Illustrator has been updated to cover members affected by the McCloud remedy who are at or over their normal minimum pension age and facing redundancy. Going forward, these members can now model their own pension…

Aged 18 and under and in full time educationYou are entitled to help with health costs if you are:under 16aged 16, 17 or 18 and in full time educationYou get: free NHS prescriptionsfree NHS dental treatmentfree NHS sight testsfree NHS wigs and…

Final pay control regulations aim to protect the NHS Pension Scheme against certain costs. These costs are caused when, in the 3 years before a member retires or transfers their benefits out, either:their employer increases a member's pensionable…