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If you're affected by the changes to public service pension schemes, sometimes known as ‘McCloud’ or the Public Service Pension Remedy, you will be asked if you would like to receive legacy scheme or reform scheme pension benefits for your…

Every September, Pension Awareness Week helps to raise awareness of the importance of pensions and improve the financial wellbeing of people across the UK in their retirement. Throughout the week, we’ll be sharing information on the NHS Pension…

Pensions Online (POL) will be unavailable between the following times: 7pm on Friday 28 July and 7am Monday 31 July Please note: at times we may need to take POL offline at short notice. Updates will be provided on our website when possible.…

If you've already made a nomination, the details are on your statement. If you want your death benefits to be paid to your spouse/partner, you do not need to make a nomination if you: are married are in a civil partnership have a nominated…

When a GMS/PMS/APMS contractor commissions the services of a freelance GP locum there is an agreement between the two contractors on how much the rate of pay is for this service; here at NHS Pensions we cannot dictate what this rate should be.…

The Department of Health and Social Care is to open a new consultation on revised proposals for flexibilities in the NHS Pension Scheme. More details can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nhs-pensions-for-senior-clinicians-new-…

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published a revised consultation on proposed flexibilities to the NHS Pension Scheme.  Please find more information at the link below. The closing date for responses is 1 November 2019. https://…

In November 2019, NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) announced that clinical staff who go over their annual allowance for the 2019/20 tax year and who use Scheme Pays to pay the tax charge can be compensated in retirement for any reduction to…

There is a new NHS Pension Scheme guide for Out of Hours providers, including NHS Trusts who provide GP Out of Hours services. The guide is designed to assist providers with their responsibilities for administering the Scheme. It is available on…

We have recently updated the existing Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) NHS Pension Scheme employer guide on our website. It is available on the practitioner webpage of the Member Hub section of our website.