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Joining the Scheme
You may be eligible to join the NHS Pension Scheme if you're an employee between the ages of 16 and 75.
This also applies to those working under a contract for services, including:
general practitioners (GPs)
general dental practitioners…
Nominations
In the event of your death, the NHS Pension Scheme may provide for your family or a person you have nominated.
You can nominate someone to receive a lump sum on death benefit if you die using the lump sum on death benefit nomination forms.
If you…
Getting an estimate of your pension
We provide active and deferred members with an Annual Benefit Statement (ABS). They’re also known as Total Reward Statements (TRS) and can be accessed via Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
What you get from our statements
The service is free of…
The NHS Cost Claim Back Scheme
The NHS Cost Claim Back Scheme is for members affected by the Public Service Pensions Remedy
Every Public Service Pension Scheme is working through significant complexity to put in place the Public Service Pensions Remedy for all affected members…
Closure of 1995/2008 Scheme and transition of members to 2015 Scheme
As part of the changes to public pension schemes, both the 1995 and 2008 Sections of the 1995/2008 Scheme closed on 31 March 2022.
All active members of the 1995/2008 Scheme were automatically moved to the 2015 Scheme on 1 April 2022.
We wrote to…
NHS Pensions virtual training event for September
The Stakeholder Engagement Team will be hosting a training event via Microsoft Teams for all Trusts and employers with ESR on Thursday 15 September 2022.
Further information on the content and how to register for this event will be provided in our…
Incorrect claims submitted by patients for free NHS dental treatment
The Dental Exemption Checking Service has identified a number of patients aged 60 and over who are incorrectly claiming free NHS dental treatment. This is due to confusion around benefits entitlement, specifically Pension Credit. This currently only…
Pensions Online (POL) Downtime
POL will be available throughout April and May between 7am and 7pm apart from the following dates when there will be downtime for scheduled system maintenance:
· Sunday 21 May
· Sunday 25 June
If we do need to bring POL down at short notice for…
TRS Reminder - July 2023
Updated Total Rewards Statements (TRS) and Annual Benefit Statements (ABS) will be published in August for NHS Pension Scheme members to view. We will be sharing links to resources for promoting statements to your employees in next month's Employer…
Administration Foundation Courses for November 2023
This course is available to all new local administrators of the NHS Pension Scheme who are less than 12 months in post. It provides an overview of what is expected of you as an NHS Pension Scheme administrator throughout a Scheme year.
At the end…