Consultation outcome

Changes to the NHS Pension Scheme regulations

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 28 January 2021
• Last updated: 27 May 2021 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England and Wales

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

NHS pension schemes and injury benefits (amendment) regulations 2021: response to consultation

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Detail of outcome

The Department of Health and Social Care received 35 responses to the consultation. The response document summarises the consultation findings and the Department’s response.

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Original consultation

Summary

The Department of Health and Social Care is consulting on proposals to change NHS Pension Scheme regulations.

This consultation ran from
9am on 28 January 2021 to 11:59pm on 8 April 2021

Consultation description

Proposed changes include:

• equalising the entitlement to survivor pensions for male survivors of female scheme members, following the Employment Tribunal decision in Goodwin v Secretary of State for Education

• removing certain amendments to the 1995 Section Regulations made by the Civil Partnership (Opposite Sex Couples) Regulations 2019 following Goodwin

• ensuring that payments and allowances under the New to Partnership Payments Scheme are treated as non-pensionable earnings

• reforming the final pay control provisions of the 1995 Section Regulations

The consultation document outlines all the proposed changes and gives details on how to submit a response.

Documents

NHS Pension Scheme: proposed changes to Scheme Regulations

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Draft The National Health Service Pension Schemes and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2021

PDF, 153 KB, 12 pages

Published 28 January 2021
Last updated 27 May 2021 + show all updates

1. 27 May 2021

   Added the outcome for the changes to the NHS Pension Scheme regulations.

2. 28 January 2021

   First published.