The purpose of the certificate is to calculate:
PCSE will use this information to reconcile payments received against the certificate and arrange to correct any under or over payments from the previous financial year.
This certificate must be completed by individual GP providers (i.e. type 1 medical practitioners) and individual non-GP providers who are either partners in practice or working as a single hander.
PCSE can now accept forms without a handwritten signature as long as the contact email address when submitted is an nhs.net email address. If you do not have an nhs.net email address you will need to ensure that the form has a handwritten signature.
If documents are submitted without a hand-written signature, and no nhs.net email address is provided when the documents are sent to PCSE via the online enquiries form, the document(s) will be returned to the sender for re-submission.
Every year, the certificate usually becomes available to download from the NHS Pensions website from November/December.
It should be completed and submitted to PCSE via the enquiries form no later than the 28th of February each year.
The certificate and guidance notes are available to download on the NHS Pensions website here
The certificate should be completed and submitted to PCSE no later than the 28th February each year.
Forms should be submitted to PCSE via the enquiries form.
Please download the excel form directly from the NHS BSA website, complete it electronically, save it and upload it directly to the online form. As long as you can provide a nhs.net address as a contact email address there is no need to print it off, sign it and scan back in, which often makes the file size much larger.
If you don’t have an nhs.net email address, please upload the excel form without the signature, and upload a separate page with the signature(s) on. The form will allow you to upload up to eight documents in one submission.
Forms can also be completed and sent by post to Primary Care Support England, PO Box 350, Darlington, DL1 9QN.
Certificates received before 28 February deadline
All annual pension certificates and related adjustments will be processed and adjustments will be carried out in the usual practice monthly pay run. The information should be visible on the August Total Reward Statement, assuming there are no gaps in the pension record.
Certificates received after 28 February deadline
Any certificates received after 28th February will be processed as they are received, and adjustments will be made in due course.
Any forms received past the deadline may not be reflected in the August Total Reward Statement, but will show on any future statements, assuming there are no gaps in the pension record.
Any adjustments for individual doctors/non-clinical partners will be clearly shown on the practice Open Exeter statement.
PCSE does not have the facility to enable practices to spread payments owed over multiple months. Any arrears of contributions must be paid in full, immediately.
Any arrangements for GPs to spread any payments owed to practices would be made directly between the GP and practice.
To make a BACS payment, you will need:
1.The NHS England bank account number and sort code
2.Your BACS reference
Please contact the PCSE Customer Support Centre to access the bank details. We cannot provide this publicly or via email for security purposes.
Your BACS reference is made up of:
For example, if your GP Pension scheme number (or SD number) is 12345678, the payment is for locum pension contributions and it is being made in May 2020, your BACS reference would be 12345678LOCMAY2020.This ensures that your payment is matched accurately to your pension.
Then, please use the enquiries form to submit your self-assessment or annual certificate and enter the same reference number when prompted.
All annual pension certificates and related adjustments will be processed by 30th April for all certificates received before the 28th February deadline. Adjustments will be carried out in the usual practice monthly pay run.
NHS England has asked for practices who wish to make a pension payments before the end of the 18/19 tax year to be reminded that (rather than the adjustment being carried out by PCSE against the next contractual payment) they can make an ad-hoc payment via online banking. Please note that if the PCSE adjustment is currently being processed and an additional payment is received, further adjustments will be needed and the return of funds could be delayed.
To make a BACS payment, you will need:
1.The NHS England bank account number and sort code
2.Your BACS reference
Please contact the PCSE Customer Support Centre to access the bank details. We cannot provide this publicly or via email for security purposes.
Your BACS reference is made up of:
For example, if your GP Pension scheme number (or SD number) is 12345678, the payment is for locum pension contributions and it is being made in May 2020, your BACS reference would be 12345678LOCMAY2020.This ensures that your payment is matched accurately to your pension.
Please note that if the PCSE adjustment is currently being processed and an additional payment is received, further adjustments will be needed and the return of funds could be delayed.
To make a BACS payment, you will need:
1.The NHS England bank account number and sort code
2.Your BACS reference
Please contact the PCSE Customer Support Centre to access the bank details. We cannot provide this publicly or via email for security purposes.
Your BACS reference is made up of:
For example, if your GP Pension scheme number (or SD number) is 12345678, the payment is for locum pension contributions and it is being made in May 2020, your BACS reference would be 12345678LOCMAY2020.This ensures that your payment is matched accurately to your pension.
Please download the forms directly from the NHS BSA website, complete it electronically, save it and upload it directly to the online form. As long as you can provide a nhs.net address as a contact email address there is no need to print it off, sign it and scan back in, which often makes the file size much larger.
If you don’t have an nhs.net email address, please upload the form without the signature, and upload a separate page with the signature(s) on. The form will allow you to upload up to five documents in one submission.
The 2021/22 Type 1 Annual Certificates and Type 2 Self Assessments will be available to complete from Friday 27 January and you will have until Tuesday 28 February to submit them on PCSE Online.
GPs who only perform solo work should complete a Type 2 certificate. See the Salaried GPs & Assistant GPs for guidance on completing a Type 2 certificate.
