EASY PenCals

EASY PenCals is approved by NHS Pensions. PenCals is a complete NHS Pension system that provides benefit estimates with covering letters, where appropriate, and redundancy calculations (including non-pension contributors).

EASY PenCals now also fully supports the new NHS redundancy arrangements, which became effective from 1st October 2006. As well as continuing to cover the premature retirement and redundancy regulation prior to the 1st October 2006. EASY PenCals will now also show the options available to an employee if they qualify for any of the transitional protection arrangements.

Whilst dealing with calculations on an individual basis, EASY PenCals has been designed to provide consolidation figures giving attribution of costs by department.

EASY PenCals will produce an estimate of benefits for an individual on request based upon information keyed into the system or downloaded from NHS Pensions. EASY PenCals enables you to download your complete Authority History from NHS Pensions. This prevents the need for time consuming data entry of personnel and should provide a complete employment history for all NHSPS members in your trust.

The estimate is produced using the criteria laid down in the Employing Authority Guide. Some superannuation officers prefer to verbally advise the contributor of the figures, although the system is able to produce standard letters to the person or produce a standard form for the Personnel Office, if the enquiry was raised there.

The calculations provided and printed out for future reference include:

  • Buying added years
  • Age retirement
  • Death in service benefits
  • Early retirement due to ill health
  • Premature retirement
  • Voluntary early retirement
  • Agreed voluntary early retirement
  • Redundancy for member of NHSPS
  • Redundancy for non-member of NHSPS
  • Departmental redundancy calculator complete with attribution of costs
  • Reckonable service calculations for part time employees
  • Annual benefit statements

Departmental redundancy estimates can be easily generated for any number of people. EASY PenCals will produce total costs, including attribution of cost, in a matter of minutes.