You can nominate your partner to receive death benefits if you have at least 2 years membership in the NHS Pension Scheme and:
- you've contributed to the Scheme on or after 1 April 2008
- you and your partner have lived together in a long-term relationship for at least 2 years
- you and your partner are free to marry or enter into a civil partnership
- you and your partner are financially interdependent
The adult dependant pension is payable for life if you have membership on or after 1 April 2008.
If you left the Scheme before 1 April 2008, the adult dependant pension will end if your spouse:
- remarries
- forms a civil partnership
- lives with someone else as a spouse or civil partner
The person receiving the adult dependant pension must contact us if they enter a new partnership.
If your Scheme membership started on or after 1 April 2008 or continued after 31 March 2008, complete a:
- Partner nomination form (PN1) to make a nomination
- new Partner nomination form (PN1) to amend an existing nomination
- Existing nomination cancellation (NOM1) form to cancel an existing nomination
You can find more information about death benefit nominations on our website.