Pension nhs

[Kalegreen]

Hi
Can I pay more into my NHS pension. I was SAHM for long time working full time for NHS last 5 years. I will contact pension support service but I don't know if that's the way.

I’m no expert but no I don’t think you can.

Absolutely you can! Think the max extra contributions you can make per year is £8k or thereabouts?
Depending on your band it can actually work out to be very tax efficient. Details here www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/member-hub/increasing-your-pension/additional-pension

Perfect thank you

The other option is ERRBO. Early retirement reduction buy out. Essentially contribute more but can take pension earlier without the usual penalty

You can make additional voluntary contributions but your employer won't match the extra you put in over their calculated amount