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Cost of being in the Scheme
The updated pensionable pay ranges for each contribution tier from 1 April 2025 have been presented to Parliament on 10 July 2025.
This webpage has been updated with the proposed new ranges.
All members of the NHS Pension Scheme pay a percentage…
Contact NHS Pensions - pensioners
If you have any questions about your NHS Pension, you can contact us by:
Telephone: 0345 121 2522
Outside the UK: +44 191 283 0303
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pmFind out about call charges
Email: nhsbsa.pensionsmember@nhsbsa.nhs.uk
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Rollback of remedy period service
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…
Current processing times for NHS Pensions
This page was last updated 8 September 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…
Employer guides and resources – what’s new
The Stakeholder Engagement Team has created a number of new guides and resources from your feedback which you can find on our website.
User guides
New ill health guide
New employer organisation contact details form
Learning video
New ‘…
Department of Health and Social Care announces extension of retire and return easements
Following a short consultation, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced an extension to retire and return easements to 31 October 2022 through temporary amendments to NHS Pension Scheme regulations.
What was included in the…
The correct way to access Pensions Online (POL)
Some employing authorities (EA) have reported receiving a ‘500 – internal server error’ when submitting a SD55/AW8 through Pension Online. This has been investigated and access to POL is not being started from the initial homepage, but through a…
Informing retiring members of submission of their AW8
We are receiving an increasing number of enquiries to our contact centre from members who are planning to retire and believe they have submitted their application a number of months ago, but we haven’t yet received their AW8.
In all cases, AW8…
Pensions Online (POL) downtime
We are currently experiencing some intermittent issues with Pensions Online (POL). We continue to work to resolve this and apologise for any inconvenience it is causing you. We’ll share further updates as these become available.
POL will be…
View your 21/22 SD86C in Compass
Your Annual Pensionable Earnings and Contribution Statement (SD86C) is now available in the 'Pension' folder in Compass.
We've published a video to help you find your SD86C in Compass.