Scheme changes: Dependants
If you are drawing a survivor pension and/or child allowances as a widow, widower or surviving civil partner of an NHS Pension Scheme member, on or before 31 March 2008, the changes to the NHS Pension Scheme do not affect you, or your entitlements in any way.
Your entitlements will only be affected by a change in your circumstances, for example if you were to re-marry, enter into another civil partnership, or co-habit with a partner. In these cases you must notify us of the change because you would no longer be entitled to these benefits.
You may have heard that, as part of the changed NHS Pension Scheme effective 1 April 2008, spouses or partners of deceased Pension Scheme members will continue to receive benefits for life, regardless of whether they remarry or enter into another qualifying partnership.
These changes will not apply to those people who were already receiving a pension from the Scheme on or before 31 March 2008.
NHS Pensions has written to all NHS dependants individually about the changes and these associated issues.