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GP Locums and the NHS Pension Scheme

An introduction to the NHS pension scheme for locum GPs

Your pension can be hard to navigate as a locum GP.  Click https://www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/pensions/annualising-of-2015-scheme-contributions  for BMA Guidance on how to pension locum earnings by opting into the NHS scheme and how your benefits are calculated.

The website covers:

  • Eligibility to join the NHS pension scheme as a locum GP
  • Paying your contributions
  • Employer contributions
  • Pensionable work
  • Opting out
  • Calculating your pension
  • Ill health retirement and death in service
Updated on Wednesday, 17 July 2024, 5448 views

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