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On an annual basis all employing authorities (EAs) are required to submit end of year information to NHS Pensions. You must submit this information to NHS Pensions by 24 May 2024.   If you use Pensions Online (POL) you should submit this year end…

POL will be available throughout September and October between 7am and 7pm apart from the following dates when there will be downtime for scheduled system maintenance:  Saturday 16 September  Sunday 24 September  Sunday 22 October  If we do need…

Members can increase their pension benefits in a number of ways. Additional Pension To set up an Additional Pension, follow the instructions in the Additional Pension decision tree (PDF: 311KB). Added Years Read the Added Years factsheet (…

First Awards As of 25 June 2019, a total of 3708 applications have been processed. 97.98% were paid on time. To recap for the full month of May, 4358 were processed, of which 97.77% were paid on time. Bereavements Bereavements processing is…

First awards A total of 4708 applications have been processed so far in July of which 99.47% were paid on time. To recap, for the full month of June 4616 were processed of which 98.57% were paid on time.   Bereavements Bereavements recovery is…

It has been confirmed by The Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) that the SD65 form is no longer required to be completed by Direction employers for any new starters from the 1 August 2019. It will be the Employer’s responsibility to…

This is a further reminder for employers to ensure that any applications for Protection of Pay or Voluntary Protection of Pay are submitted to NHS Pensions within the relevant time limits. Also, that sufficient, supporting information is included…

You may be able to buy membership back as added years at half cost if you: are a member of the 1995 Section had Scheme membership refunded on or before 6 April 1978 (or a later period when you were a self-employed practitioner) The option to…

Employer contribution rate arrangements to remain for 2020/21 The NHS Pension Scheme employer contribution rate increased on 1 April 2019 from 14.38% to 20.68%. The Department of Health and Social Care’s consultation response announcing the rise,…

The NHS Pensions’ Stakeholder Engagement Team has a number of places remaining for GP practice employer events next week. These events focus on the administration of the NHS Pensions Scheme, consisting of various workshops throughout the day. They…