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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Pension Scheme (Member Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st August 2025.
(3) Regulations 2 and 3 have effect retrospectively from 1st April 2025.
(4) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
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(1) Regulation 30 (members’ contributions: employees) of the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (3)—
(a) for “2024/25” substitute “2025/26”;
(b) for the table substitute—“

Column 1 Column 2
Pensionable earnings band Contribution percentage rate
Up to £13,259 5.2%
£13,260 to £27,797 6.5%
£27,798 to £33,868 8.3%
£33,869 to £50,845 9.8%
£50,846 to £65,190 10.7%
£65,191 and above 12.5%”.
(3) In paragraph (3A)—
(a) for “2024/25” substitute “2025/26”;
(b) for the table substitute—“

Column 1 Column 2
Pensionable earnings band Contribution percentage rate
Up to £13,259 5.2%
£13,260 to £27,797 6.5%
£27,798 to £33,868 8.3%
£33,869 to £50,845 9.8%
£50,846 to £65,190 10.7%
£65,191 and above 12.5%”.
(4) In paragraph (7), for “2025/26” substitute “2026/27”.
(5) In paragraph (8)(d), for “2025” substitute “2026”.
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(1) Regulation 31 (members’ contributions: practitioners and non-GP providers) of the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (9)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (c)—
(i) for “years” substitute “year”;
(ii) omit “to 2027/28”;
(iii) at the end insert “;”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (c), insert—“(d) in respect of the scheme years 2025/26 to 2027/28, Table 4.”;
(c) in the heading to Table 3, for “Years” substitute “Year” and omit “to 2027/28”;
(d) after Table 3, insert—“

Column 1 Column 2
Pensionable earnings band Contribution percentage rate
Up to £13,259 5.2%
£13,260 to £27,797 6.5%
£27,798 to £33,868 8.3%
£33,869 to £50,845 9.8%
£50,846 to £65,190 10.7%
£65,191 and above 12.5%”.
(3) In paragraph (11)—
(a) for “Table 3” substitute “Table 4”;
(b) for “2025/26” substitute “2026/27”.
(4) In paragraph (12)(d), for “2025” substitute “2026”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Karin Smyth
Minister of State,
Department of Health and Social Care
9th July 2025We consent
Jeff Smith 
Nicholas Dakin
Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury
9th July 2025