Category: NHS pensions

Advice on NHS pensions and superannuation for GP locums

NHS pensions for GP locums

We explain how the pension scheme works, and give you the tools you need to manage the admin correctly.

NHS pensions

GP appraisers: How the 2026/27 change ensures a fairer NHS pension

By ensuring you record the full scope of your work from one day to three you increase your ‘pensionable days of service.’ Here’s to do it on LocumDeck.

LocumDeck’s Bookkeeper

Locumdeck's Bookkeeper updates itself completely automatically from the info generated in LocumDeck.

Making Tax Digital for sessional GPs: video and slides, Anna Tyler

Watch this webinar for the clear, calm, and practical guide you need to prepare your professional practice for April 2026.

GPs can ‘buy back’ service to increase NHS pension savings after opting out

GPs can calculate and buy back service on the NHS Business Services Authority website.

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Locum Form B rejections: trouble-shooting PCSE problems for GPs

It's vital for GPs to push back on misapplied rules. Our guide tells you how.

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GP locum pension submissions in England: your options explained

PCSE 'Contact Us' or PCSE Online: What's the best way to submit NHS pension forms and payments? See our comparison table to decide for yourself.

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From invoice to submission: a LocumDeck guide to GP pensions

This guide walks you through the sequential steps within LocumDeck to complete your Locum Form A, Locum Form B, and pension submission using the traditional PCSE Contact Us form.

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GPs get new NHS pension payment option at PCSE following 1 Oct changes

NASGP awaits feedback from members using the new Pay Now option.

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Remediable Pension Savings Statement (RPSS) for sessional GPs

Statements began rolling out in October 2024, with another batch issued in February 2025 and another in March. However, delays, errors, and perceived complexities have created uncertainty. As a result, 40% of those who have received their statements have taken no action – potentially risking financial consequences.

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New NHS pension ‘date worked’ feature on NASGP locum platform

‘Date worked’ feature is added alongside summaries of pensionable day, employer and employee contributions, and pensionable days service.

More than half of GPs in England missing vital pension data

An FOI to NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) revealed that 18,575 GPs in England had missing NHS Pensions records.

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Three ways to pay your annual allowance liability

If after evaluating your annual allowance position you discover you have an pension tax liability, read Roy Hinton’s article to see three pays to pay.

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One in four GPs did fewer sessions due to pension tax, BMA finds

Findings emerged as a result of a BMA survey of more than 5,000 doctors, including 907 GPs, about how taxes on the tapered annual allowance (AA) were affecting doctors’ decisions about how much to work.

Update: New 2025/26 NHS pension forms for GPs now live on LocumDeck

NASGP has launched new NHS Pension Scheme forms on LocumDeck for 2025/26.

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2015 Scheme GP tiered contributions: annualisation calculator 2023-24

Remember NHS Pensions publishes a dedicated annualisation calculator for each pension year, so make sure you use the correct calculator.

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Video: Q&A – GP tax returns 2023/24 with Tori Ferguson, Honey Barrett

Tori Ferguson answers questions on taxes, expenses, national insurance, NHS and private pensions from GPs.

GPs can ask accountant about tax and pensions at Jan 2025 webinar

GPs can put questions to an experienced specialist medical accountant at NASGP’s first members event for 2025.

Extend January 2025 tax deadline for doctors, accountants urge

The position emerged following a survey by the AISMA in which almost 90% of members who responded identified errors on statements.

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Why October 2024 is so important for GPs’ annual allowance

Annual Allowance statements are typically issued each October for the previous tax year. However, Kirsty McGaun writes, no statements were issued for the 2022/23 tax year due to the McCloud Remedy.