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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) recently published the outcome of its consultation on proposed amendments to the NHS Pension Scheme Regulations which confirmed changes to final pay controls from the 1 July 2021. These changes are…

We’re not able to project or provide any further financial forecasting for 2015 Scheme benefits past the relevant scheme year, except for those retiring due to ill health and who have already submitted their application and members who may be made…

Our non POL update process is now well underway and we wanted to provide employers with an update on our activities so far. • We have currently received 14.69% of the spreadsheets we are expecting from employers. • The Stakeholder Engagement Team…

Following the article published in July, we have received a number of queries from employers and we felt that further clarification was necessary. Checking the payable date Opted out less than 5 years ago Member has opted out less…

We have noticed an increase in the number of requests from employers received on behalf of the members, to change the decision in relation to their lump sum choice when completing the retirement application form AW8. We are therefore asking…

As you may be aware, the Government Gateway is in the process of being decommissioned which means we have been looking for another way for NHS staff to access their Total Reward or Annual Benefit Statement. From early June we will be entering the…

The general basic rule is that a contribution tier for existing Officers Scheme members is set using the previous years’ pensionable earnings or whole time equivalent for members working part time. This is unless there has been, or there is, a…

The Awards recovery plan is now complete and we would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding during the time taken to recover.  The overall work on hand for pension applications continues to reduce with the current outstanding…

Following the success of the 2017/18 non POL update process, we've made a few improvements and are now well underway in rolling out the process for 2018 to 2019 to non POL employers. This has involved; face-to-face training for 125 pension…

Data Management are receiving a high number of e-mails regarding cases where an estimate or membership statement cannot be produced through Memberzone as the member’s record requires data cleanse or a calculation is not possible due to system…