If you’re a member of the NHS Pension Scheme and are called up for service, you’ll be regarded as being on authorised leave of absence.
For the duration of your call-out, employer and employee contributions will be paid at the level of pensionable pay in payment before your call-out.
The MOD will take responsibility for the employer contributions. They’ll communicate with your NHS employer to make arrangements for payments.
In some circumstances, the MOD will arrange for your employees contributions to be deducted from your salary and paid as directed by the NHS employer.
You must confirm with the MOD if you need to arrange the payment of your employee contributions to your NHS employer.
The NHS employer will pay both employer and employee contributions to NHS Pensions and continue to submit annual updates including any deemed membership.
You’ll continue to build up NHS Pension scheme benefits and will be subject to the same NHS pension entitlements throughout the period of call up that you would have been if you were in normal NHS employment.
As a result of the reservist activity, if you become permanently incapable of performing your NHS duties, you have the same rights as other active scheme members to retire on the grounds of ill health. You’ll continue to be entitled to death benefits.