NHS Pension Board

The NHS Pension Board provides scrutiny and assurance of the administration of the NHS Pension Scheme.

Role of group

The NHS Pension Board’s role is to hold the NHS Pension Scheme’s administrator to account for administration of the NHS Pension Schemes (both the new 2015 scheme and the old scheme consisting of the 1995 and 2008 sections).

Main responsibilities

The NHS Pension Board’s main responsibilities are:

overseeing assurance and governance of the administration of the NHS Pension Schemes, including compliance with the Pension Regulator’s codes of practice
ensuring the scheme administrator supports employers to effectively communicate the benefits to members of the NHS Pension Scheme and fully utilise it as part of the NHS total reward offer
ensuring the scheme administrator supports members to improve their understanding of their pension benefits as part of the total reward offer, and to inform their personal financial and career planning
supporting effective implementation of the Employers Charter
consideration of the annual report from the Pension Regulator, including any responses to recommendations
produce an annual report that summarises the work of the Board

Membership

The NHS Pension Board has an equal number of employer and member representatives and is overseen by an independent chair.

Members are appointed after being nominated by NHS trades unions and employer organisations. The independent chair is a ministerial appointment, following the public appointments process.

Non-employer or member representatives such as Department of Health and Social Care officials and Welsh Government representatives attend NHS Pension Board meetings in an observer capacity.

Chair

Helen Miles

Member representatives

Glyn Jenkins, Head of Pensions, Unison
Chris Musgrave, National Officer, Royal College of Nursing
Elaine Sparkes, Assistant Director of Employment Relations and Union Services, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Dean Rogers, Society of Radiographers
Vishal Sharma, British Medical Association
Richard Munn (observer), Unite the Union

Employer representatives

Stuart Murdoch, Pension Adviser, Capita PLC
Paul Thomas, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Emma Skitt, NHS Employers
Michael Smith, Bolton GP Federation
Karen Beckett, Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust
Amanda Bromley, Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

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