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Make Contribution Payments (POL Organisations)                                 Onboarding of existing employers to our new contribution payment platform, Make Contribution Payments (MCP), is progressing well and around 3,000 have now subscribed to…

The recent Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) consultation on the NHS Pension Scheme confirmed that the transitional approach that has operated since 2019/20 for employer contributions will continue in 2024/25. This means that from 1 April…

When sending NHS Pensions the ill-health retirement application form and any supporting medical evidence, ensure these are sent to us as soon as possible.  This is particularly important for members who receive a terminal diagnosis. Sadly, NHS…

We’re currently receiving high volumes of retirement applications. This means it’s taking us longer than usual to process payment of retirement benefits. While we prioritise making payments to our members, it may take us longer than usual to…

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 continues to…

We have received enquiries from employers seeking clarification in relation to locally agreed payments and whether they are pensionable or not. Local agreed payments may be pensionable up to whole-time provided the member meets the normal criteria…

Following a change to the discount rate used for public service pension schemes that HM Treasury announced on 30 March 2023, the factors used to calculate transfer values for non-Club transfers and pensions on divorce will change. We have been…

Further to the announcement in our January edition of the Employer Update, that the transitional arrangement for the increase of employer contributions will continue during 2021/2022, it has been confirmed that this arrangement will continue for…

If a member has an annual allowance charge they can either pay the charge directly to HMRC or share the responsibility for the payment with the NHS Pension Scheme using the scheme pays facility. This is known as a scheme pays election. The NHS…

The NHS Pension Scheme employer contribution rate increased on 1 April 2019 from 14.3% to 20.6%, plus an employer’s levy of 0.08%. The Department of Health and Social Care’s consultation response announcing the rise, published in March 2019,…