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Our member events will help you understand more about your NHS pension and the NHS Pension Scheme. We have events planned throughout the year to help you: understand what the NHS Pension Scheme is find out about your Total Reward Statement and…

Publication date: 22 April 2025 The ‘Opt-out rates for ESR employees eligible for the NHS Pension Scheme’ report provides insight about eligible employees choosing to opt out of the NHS Pension Scheme. The report provides estimates about:   opt-…

Information about calculating member pay, protection of pay and contribution tiers. Pay What counts as pensionable pay Pensionable earnings are determined by the member's employment or engagement terms. Certain earnings are included or excluded…

Leaving the Scheme To leave the Scheme, a member must complete part 1 of the Application to leave the NHS Pension Scheme (SD502) form. This form is available on the Leaving or taking a break from the Scheme webpage on the Member Hub.   You must…

Information you need to administer the NHS Pension Scheme on behalf of your members. For a broad overview of the administrative tasks you need to perform, read our quick start guide (Word: 904KB). It's aimed at employers who have recently been…

The Public Service Pensions Remedy and pension tax Some members affected by the Public Service Pensions Remedy, also known as McCloud, will need to update their pension tax information with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). This is because, as part…

Information and guides to help you use the Electronic Staff Record. ESR best working practice guide (PDF: 122KB) For information on how to ESR works for NHS Pensions and feeds data to and from POL via the interface, refer to the Pensions section…

If you get an NHS pension, it’s very important that you let us know straight away if your personal details, bank details or circumstances change. If you have a change of circumstances and don’t tell us, this could result in suspension of your…

This page was last updated on 8 May 2025. Payments Payments Current processing times Payment of your retirement benefits Within 30 calendar days from the date of your retirement, or from the date we received all…