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Members who qualify for a five year rejoiner estimate will be individually notified and directed to a personalised comparison pack request form on the NHS Pensions website. This is because members who return to pensionable NHS employment after a…

Please remember that when sending a revised retirement benefit details (AW171) form, this should not be emailed to us unless it is for a bereavement case. For all other cases, the form can be completed electronically then printed from our website,…

Amendments will be made to Pensions Online (POL) to allow employers to submit AW8 retirement applications for members of the 2015 Scheme and members who have benefit entitlement in multiple schemes. This enhancement is currently anticipated to go…

The Data Management Team are receiving an unprecedented volume of employer comments and are currently unable to achieve a five day turnaround on this work. While we appreciate your assistance in cleansing data, we receive an average of 400 comments…

Following the introduction of the administration levy on 1 April 2017 which saw the shift of funding the administration of the NHS Pension Scheme from the Department of Health to NHS employers, we changed the…

On 8 February 2017, the Supreme Court ruled to allow Ms Brewster’s appeal and declared the requirement in the 2009 Regulations of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Northern Ireland, that the appellant and her partner should have made a…

We understand that people need different levels of information from us, be it a detailed factsheet or a brief article in Ask Us. In response to this we have recently developed several short videos aimed at members. They are intended to provide a…

As you are aware, Total Reward and Annual Benefit Statements were recently refreshed and made available at the end of August 2017. Last year we carried out a mid year refresh in October which enabled employers to further cleanse data. We have …

A new abatement basic overview guide for employers is now available on our website. The guide has been created to help employers understand when abatement applies for re-employed pensioners and how we calculate the figures. A basic administration…

Please note that the retirement benefits claim form (AW8) has recently been updated and a new version is now available on our website. The new version of this form will soon also be available in print.