NHS Pensions

Increasing your pension

You may be able to increase your NHS pension in different ways:

Additional pension

Bigger lump sum purchase

Early Retirement Reduction Buy Out (ERRBO)

Half Cost Added Years

Money Purchase Additional Voluntary Contributions (MPAVC)

Stakeholder pensions

Tax implications

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Employee section

This section is to inform employees about their Total Reward and Annual Benefit Statements.

Applying for your pension

Retirement: age, early, redundancy, ill health, flexible, lump sums. How to claim and supporting information.

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