Search results
Showing: 10 of 2161
Pension scams
A lifetime’s savings lost in a moment
The Pensions Regulator has warned that pension scams are on the increase in the UK.
Some NHS Pension Scheme members may have already been targets.
‘One off pension investments’, ‘pension loans’ or ‘upfront…
Independent financial advisors (IFAs)
Independent financial advisers can only get member statements from the member they represent.
It's free of charge for members. It's a faster and more convenient way for them to get information about their NHS pension.
Total Reward/Annual Benefit Statement mid year refresh
Following the mid year refresh, Total Reward and Annual Benefit Statements are now available for all organisations. Employees will only receive a statement if they were an NHS employee on or before 31 March 2017.
The statements can be accessed…
Message from Theresa Britton - Head of Service for NHS Pensions
Dear Colleagues,
I just wanted to take this seasonal opportunity to tell you about the progress we are making to improve NHS Pensions’ services.
This past year we have taken a huge step forward by successfully implementing a new internal work…
Sharing our performance - October/November
Our current performance
The table below shows our recent monthly performance for pension award processing:
Month
Number of awards due to be paid in month (our target)
Number of awards cleared within the month (…
EPS data sent to practices in November 2017
Increased use of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) offers benefits for patients, GP practices and pharmacies.
As part of our work to help realise these benefits for the NHS, we recently wrote to GP practices across the country to highlight…
Annual Allowance and self assessment tax returns
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have asked pension schemes to remind members that:
“it is really important that those who have exceeded the Annual Allowance for (the tax year) 2016 to 2017 to declare this on their Self Assessment tax return (the…
Medicines Optimisation Dashboard released
The December 2017 Medicines Optimisation Dashboard is now available. This will help CCGs to understand how well local populations are being supported and to optimise medicines use, and will inform local planning. Click on the 'Changes' tab to find…
Sodium Valproate
The below report will no longer be updated and the Sodium Valproate data has now been replaced with Valproate prescribing in female patients under 55 dashboard which is available through our Catalyst - public insight portal.
You can read more about…
National approach to NMS PPV to start in January 2018
The NHSBSA, NHS England and PSNC have agreed a briefing about the post-payment verification of payments to pharmacy contractors for provision of the NMS service.
The NHSBSA will begin this work in January and will be requesting evidence from a…