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The Court of Appeal ruling on 'protection', known as the McCloud Judgment In April 2015, the government put into effect reforms to all main public service pension schemes. The reforms that took place in 2015 did not apply to those closest to…

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) has published more information on the steps it has taken to address the impact of the annual allowance taper for the 2019/20 financial year, including the actions that eligible clinicians and employers now…

The NHS Pensions Finance team is now processing Initial Widow Pension (IWP) claims paperless and therefore require the FIN9 claim form in a PDF format for audit purposes and with a view to eliminating fraud.   Please send the FIN9 claim form via…

We can now confirm that the Greenbury 2021 window will open on 4 January 2021 from 9am. Pensions online (POL) will be unavailable between 7am – 9am on the morning of the 4 January to allow for the Greenbury refresh from the previous year to take…

Eligibility for active and deferred members joining (for the first time) or re-joining the NHS Pension Scheme We have published a new guide for employers on our website which provides guidance for active and deferred members when joining (joining…

As part of the Sub Award Project, we have looked at how we can simplify and improve the process for employers. We have recognised that we can easily identify when a change on a member record has occurred either through Pensions Online (POL) or via…

We have noticed an increase in the number of requests from employers received on behalf of the members, to change the decision in relation to their lump sum choice when completing the retirement application form AW8. We are therefore asking…

In April/ May this year, we made the decision, due to the huge uncertainty within the NHS at that time, that we would only request annual earning certificates for those pensioners who had their pension abated.  We are now in a position to collect…

When an employee is leaving or if they die in service with outstanding annual leave to be paid, this is classed as pensionable service. The pension leaving date should reflect the date that the annual leave is paid up to.  In ESR this should be…

At the start of the COVID 19 outbreak we took a number of steps to support employers who were encountering issues due to the lockdown restrictions. This included agreeing to accept certain applications forms in PDF/Word format via email, instead of…