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Employers are required in legislation to provide information to NHS Pensions which enables Pension Savings Statements to be provided to members. This statement informs members whether they have exceeded the Annual Allowance limit in the NHS Pension…

Since 1 April 2017 NHS Pension Scheme Employing Authorities have been paying a levy to cover the cost of the administration of the NHS Pension Scheme. The levy has been collected along with employers contributions by increasing the rate from 14.30%…

Employers are reminded that a final pay control charge applies where a NHS Pension Scheme Officer or Practice Staff member with 1995 Section membership (including 1995/2015 transition members) has a pensionable pay increase which exceeds an…

Our second round of employer events is now well underway having visited Birmingham, Leeds, Brighton and Exeter. We have put together this round of events based on feedback previously received and we are delighted to continue to receive positive…

Month Number of new awards due to be paid in month (our target) Number of new awards cleared within the month (our performance) Completion rate June 2018 2936 2198…

Annual refresh                                     Following the TRS Pensions data cut on the 22 June, the pension calculations have now been completed and passed across to our ESR colleagues to create the new statements. In accordance with the…

Following a recent determination by The Pension Ombudsman we have revised our guidance to employers to confirm how duties should be assessed when determining Mental Health Officer (MHO) status for a member of the 1995 Section of the NHS Pension…

The NHS Injury Benefit Scheme is only available to applicants who have sustained an injury or contracted a disease on or before 30 March 2013. The Injury Benefit Regulations were amended for any applicants who left NHS employment on or after 31…

The general basic rule is that a contribution tier for existing Officers Scheme members is set using the previous years’ pensionable earnings or whole time equivalent for members working part time. This is unless there has been, or there is, a…