Death in service

Overview

The Member’s representative – practice or NHS local team should contact PCSE and provide:

• the Member’s full name
• the Member's National Insurance or NHS Pension Scheme reference number (SD number) if possible
• the Member’s date of birth, date of death and place of work (preferably the practice code)
• details of the next of kin/legal representative, marital status, whether there are any legal dependants i.e. children
• the next of kin/legal representative’s home address

PCSE will check that the deceased member’s pension record is fully up to date. If it is, PCSE will pass the information to NHS Pensions to complete the death in service request. NHS Pensions will then send the relevant forms to the next of kin/legal representative for completion. 

If the member’s pension record is not up to date, PCSE may need to request further information before submitting the death in service notification to NHS Pensions.