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General Medical and Dental Practitioners

Updated Dynamisation Factors - November 2008

If you are a general medical practitioner please note that we are currently dealing with an excessive workload due to implementation of uprated dynamisation factors. We are currently undertaking an exercise on revising pensions and lumps sums and we will be in touch with you in due course.

If you are a general medical or dental practitioner (including an assistant or associate practitioner or an ophthalmic medical practitioner) on a list of practitioners maintained by a Health Board, you are eligible for membership of the NHS scheme in respect of your pensionable practitioner earnings. Although not direct employees of the NHS, practitioners are treated for superannuation purposes as though they were employees of Health Boards.

In general, the same rules and the same range of benefits apply, except that premature retirement and voluntary early retirement with employer’s consent terms are not available. Benefits are, however, calculated on career earnings not on final salary.

Leaflets

Additional Pension and Examples (Post April 2008 only)(pdf 36.1 Kb)

Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure Guide (pdf 163 Kb)

Pensions on Divorce/Dissolution of Civil Partnership (pdf 139 Kb)

AL1 - Allocation of pension (information leaflet)(pdf 107 Kb)

Guides

MEMBERS GUIDE 1995 SECTION (pdf 1.91 mb)

MEMBERS GUIDE 2008 SECTION (pdf 1.90 mb)

Forms

NSR forms are available on the main NHS page, click link to access.

Calculators

Pension Commutation Calculator (1.3mb) Additional Pension Calculator (2.0mb)

Circulars for GP's and Dental Practitioners

Circular 2009/2 (61.5kb) issued 10 February 2009. This circular provides information on allocating tiers for practitioner and non GP partner member contributions from 1 April 2009.
Circular 2008/11(pdf 546kb) issued on 2 July 2008. Regulations formalising changes to the NHS Scheme in Scotland which were effective from 1 April 2008 have now been published on the on the “Office of Public Information” website at www.opsi.gov.uk these are Scottish Statutory Instruments nos. SSI 2008/224, SSI 2008/225 and SSI 2008/226. The circular gives information on their content and highlights the time limited opportunity to purchase an increased survivor’s pension for membership prior to 6 April 1988 and new rules on Pensionable breaks.
Circular 2008/10 containing Annex A and B (pdf 61kb), with references to tables at Annex C (pdf 24kb) and Annex D (pdf 37k) - issued 3rd April 2008. This circular gives guidance on the following:
- NHS (Superannuation Scheme, Injury Benefits, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Compensation for Premature Retirement) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 SSI 2008/92
- Revised Actuarial Tables for Early Retirement Pensions and Employer Capitalisation Costs.
- The Pensions Increase Review Order
Circular 2008/9 (pdf 107kb) - issued 26 March 2008. This circular gives guidance on administration arrangements for new members from 1/4/08.
Circular 2008/8 (word 94.0kb) - Issued 17 March 2008. This circular gives details on Annual Returns for 2007/08.
Circular 2008/7 (pdf 72kb) - Issued 17 March 2008. This circular gives details on Annual Returns for 2007/08. As mentioned in item 10 of this circular, please follow the attached links to access CETV Calculator for pensions disclosure and CETV Calculator Instructions
Circular 2008/6 (pdf 47kb) - Issued 10 March 2008. This circular gives notice about the proposed changes to ill health retirement benefits which are aimed to be intoduced from 1 April 2008.
Circular 2008/5 (pdf 102kb) - Issued 6 March 2008. Confirmation of tiered contributions which will come into effect from 01/04/08 for Practitioners.
Circular 2008/3 (pdf 247kb) - Issued 6 March 2008. Overview of the Choice options which will be available in early 2009 following the scheme changes which are due to take effect from 01/04/08.
Circular 2008/2 (pdf 151kb) - Issued 28 February 2008. Guidance on Adminstration arrangements for employing authorities to implement scheme changes for existing members.
Circular 2008/1 (pdf 72.6Kb) - issued 16 January 2008. Maternity Leave
Circular 2007/9 (pdf 84Kb) - issued on 8 November 2007. Changes to administration system
Circular 2007/8 (pdf 62Kb) - Addendum issued 25 October 2007. This addendum updates the tier thresholds in the table for member contributions which was set out in Circular 2007/8.
Circular 2007/8 (pdf 110kb) updated version- issued 24 October 2007. This circular gives details on changes to the current NHS pension scheme and introduction of a new NHS scheme from 1 April 2008.
Circular 2007/7 (pdf 214Kb) issued 12 October 2007. This circular provides employers with advance notification of Annual Benefits statements being prepared for issue to them, to then distribute to members.
Circular 2007/6 (pdf 78Kb) - issued 8 August 2007. This circular gives details on Agenda for Change. As mentioned in the circular information supplied on formatted disk is as follows: - Guidance Note for Completion (pdf 83Kb) Full and Part Time Calculator (Xls 41Kb) Sheet for completion and return to SPPA (Xls 1.5mb) AFC Example (Xls 18Kb)
Circular 2007/5 (pdf 296Kb) - issued 9 March 2007. This circular gives details on Annual Returns for 2006/07. As mentioned in item 11 of this circular, please follow the attached links to access CETV Calculator for pensions disclosure and CETV Calculator Instructions.
Circular 2007/3(pdf571KB) - issued January 2007. This circular gives Dental Dynamisation Factors for 2006/2007.

Circular 2007/2(pdf86KB) - issued January 2007. This circular gives details of changes to Payroll.
Circular 2007/1(pdf907KB) - issued January 2007. This circular gives details of changes to redundancy arrangements.
Circular2006/13(pdf78KB) - issued October 2006. This circular gives details of 24 hour break.
Circular2006/12 (pdf285KB) - issued October 2006. This circular gives details of New Flexible Training Arrangements for Doctors in Training
Circular 2006/11(pdf233KB) - issued Septemebr 2006. This circular gives details of the Valuation of the NHS Scheme.
Circular 2006/10 (pdf 96KB) - issued July 2006. This circular informs of the issue of new NHS Scheme Guides.
Circular 2006/9 (pdf 77Kb) - issued July 2006. This circular gives details on AVC amendments to Regulations - Career Breaks - Earnings Cap 2006/07 - Pensions Increase - Returning to NHS employment in first month after retirement.
Circular 2006/08(pdf(337KB) - issued June 2006. This circular gives details of the new GMS Contract / Section 17C agreements.
Circular 2006/7 (pdf 125KB) - issued June 2006. This circular gives Dynamisation Factors for 2003- 2004 Final.
Circular 2006/1 (pdf 90Kb) - issued 1 st March 2006. This circular gives details on Tax Simplification.
ircular 2006/2 (pdf 72Kb) - issued March 2006. This circular gives details on GMP interim Dynamising Factors for 2005/2006.
Circular 2005/1 (pdf 134Kb) - issued 16th February 2005. This circular gives details on General Medical Practitioner Dynamsing Factors.
Circular 2005/6 (pdf 102Kb) - issued November 2005. This circular provides information on the new GMS Contract / Provision.
Circular 2005/7 (pdf 71Kb) - issued in November 2005. This circular provides information on General Medical Practitioner Interim Dynamising Factors for Financial Year 2004-2005.
Circular 2003/3(pdf 40Kb) - This circular provides information on NHS Pension Scheme Membership for GP Locums