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How do I calculate my pensionable pay?
Please see the NHSBSA website for guidance on calculating pensionable pay.
Visit https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/search and enter pensionable pay as a search term.
Can GP provider Annual Certificates for practices that are limited companies be submitted through PCSE Online?
Please use the Contact Us form to submit Limited Company certificates
I am a salaried GP, do I need to complete a Type 1 form?
Where a GP is a Provider and a Salaried GP in the same year, they must complete both the Type 1 Annual Certificate and Type 2 Self Assessment form.
If the GP is Salaried only, they must complete a Type 2 Self Assessment form.
I took 24 hr retirement in August 2022. Is it necessary to complete a Type 1 form and a Type 2 form for income is generated as locum?
If you were a partner from April to August, you need to complete a Type 1 form for that period.
If you became a salaried GP or did any Solo work after the 24hr break you need to complete a Type 2 form for the rest of the year.
However, locum only GPs are not required to submit an end of year form.
What is an earning cap?
For more information on earning caps and other related topics, visit the NHS Pensions website.
What is scheme employing authority code?
The key information that PCSE require is what NHS Pensions call on the Type 1 form the Practice reference number.
This is the ODS code. You will find the ODS code for the practice you work for on your Employee Contribution Statement on PCSE Online.
You can find information on Employing Authority codes on the NHS Pensions website.
If the GP's Accountant completes the pension form on PCSE Online, does the individual GP still have to log on to their PCSE Online account & "declarate" it, before it is fully submitted to PCSE for processing?
For PCSE Online, the accountant can log in and complete the figures. Find out more here.
The GP must then log in, check their form, tick the confirmation box on the declaration page and click submit.
I have selected the financial year, but it won't let me move on. What's wrong?
This sounds like a technical issue with your PCSE Online account. Please contact our Customer Service Centre for help.
The form won't let me submit. What's wrong?
If the Submit button is greyed out, this means there is some missing or incorrect information or this has already been submitted. Please check the status of your form in the Listings screen.
I cannot proceed to the declaration page on the annual certificate despite completing all the previous pages.
This sounds like a technical issue with your PCSE Online account. Please contact our Customer Service Centre for help.
Why submit by the deadline, if forms can be updated retrospectively?
If you completed any medical practitioner work in the year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, you must, under statutory legislation, complete the relevant forms by the published deadline.
Are there any alternative ways of submitting this form If unable to submit the form completed by the accountant on PCSE Online?l?
You can manually submit your form via the 'Contact us' page found at the link below if you cannot use PCSE Online.
How can I find my employer's ODS code?
You can search for your employer's ODS code on the ODS Portal.
Has my form been received by PCSE?
You can check the status of the form on the NHS Pension Scheme Annual Income listing screen on PCSE Online.
Log into PCSE Online, and click GP Pensions and Payments, then Pensions and then Annual Certificate – Type 1.
You can then click on ‘NHS Pension Scheme Annual Income listing’, and this is where you’ll see all current and previous forms.
These are normally listed in date order, so you can sort on the ‘Financial Year’ column so the most recent is at the top of the list.
There are a range of statuses in the ‘Declaration Status’ column:
- Draft – you have started your form and saved it for later
- Pending – your accountant or advisor has completed your form on your behalf, and it is waiting for you to submit it
- Declarated – you have declared that your form is completed with the correct information and submitted it to PCSE for processing
- Approved – your form has been approved by PCSE. Your contributions data will be updated on your NHS Pensions record as long as you don't have any missing years
- Rejected – your form has been rejected by PCSE and needs to be corrected and resubmitted
- Resubmitted – you have made corrections to your rejected form and submitted your form again for checking/processing by the PCSE Pensions team
I have been advised I need to approve a certificate. How do I do this?
If your accountant or advisor has completed your Type 1 form on your behalf, you are required to log in and submit this. Log into PCSE Online, select GP Payments and Pensions, then Pensions, then either Annual Certificate – Type 1.
You can then click on ‘NHS Pension Scheme Annual Income listing’, and this is where you’ll see all current and previous forms.
These are normally listed in date order, so you can sort on the ‘Financial Year’ column so the most recent is at the top of the list.
Click on the blue link of the relevant form, check the information completed by your accountant, declarate your submission and then submit.