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Bereavements

You can apply for an adult dependant’s pension if you’re the spouse, civil partner or long term partner of a Scheme member who has died.

Read the survivor's guide (PDF: 377KB) before applying for a dependant's pension.

Watch our video for more information on bereavement benefits.

Download the video transcript (PDF: 152KB).


What you may get

Factsheets are available to explain some of the benefits payable from the NHS Pension Scheme:

Family benefits and life assurance factsheet (PDF: 180KB)1995 Section - death on re-employment (PDF: 163KB) Trivial commutation of an adult dependant's pension factsheet (PDF: 247KB)

How to apply

If the member dies in service, you should tell their employer who will notify NHS Pensions. We will then issue a claim form to the relevant person.

If the member wasn’t in in active employment when they died, download and complete the Dependant claim form (PDF: 359KB) using the guidance within the form to help you.

The dependant claim form can be used to claim an adult dependant's pension and a children's pension. 

Death in respect of a Pension Credit

We cannot pay a lump sum on death benefit until we confirm the late member’s personal representative.Claim for a lump sum on death in respect of a Pension Credit (AW11PC) (PDF: 312KB)