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Members seconded from their regular employment to assist with COVID-19 vaccinations
We are receiving enquiries from employers in relation to staff members working on coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations and how this will impact pension contributions.
Members being seconded from their regular NHS employment e.g. from surgeries,…
February 2021 employer update on government changes to public service pension schemes
The Court of Appeal ruling on 'protection', known as the McCloud Judgment
In 2015 the government made changes to reform the majority of public service pension schemes. These reforms did not apply to members within 10 years of their normal pension…
Update for employers on post retirement scheme pays elections
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…
Employer reminder annual leave payments and payment in lieu
We are still seeing enquiries from employers seeking clarification in relation to annual leave payments and payment in lieu of notice.
Firstly, to confirm there has been no change to NHS Pension Scheme regulations.
Payments for annual leave should…
Non-POL 20/21 annual update training event
This event relates to non-Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and non-Pensions Online (POL) year end submissions.
Employers who use prepopulated excel spreadsheets to submit their annual update will be sent these on 15 March. The spreadsheet and…
Change to the employer pension queries email address
The email address for your employer pension queries is changing.
From 1 April 2021 please send your pension queries to nhsbsa.pensionsemployers@nhsbsa.nhs.uk
If you send your enquiry to the current nhsbsa.pensionsemployers@nhs.net account you…
Using the employer pensions scan query email account
During COVID-19 we have introduced a number of measures and easements to support employers at this time.
One of these was a new email account for employers to send certain forms to where other methods are no longer suitable.
Recently the team…
Employer reminder submission of bereavement forms
A reminder from the Bereavements team that employers should not email any forms to the team.
Please send any of the forms listed below, including Tell Us Once and death certificates, directly to nhsbsa.pensionscanquery@nhs.net where the forms will…
New employer email account processes
Following the change of the Employers email account to nhsbsa.pensionsemployers@nhsbsa.nhs.uk on the 1 April 2021 the following information will need to be included in member specific queries to ensure that employer queries are responded to in full…
GP practice manager events - Level 1
The NHS Pensions Stakeholder Engagement Team is running a series of GP practice manager events throughout May and June 2021 delivering educational training tailored for practice managers. These events will be delivered virtually via Microsoft Teams…