Free Webinars for NHS Employees
Welcome to our free to register employment services webinars, designed to give NHS employees key information on a range of hot topics, saving them time contacting our helpdesk. NHS Shared Business Services have scheduled these webinars to help employees and employers understand key payroll and pension topics.
Please note our webinars detail NHS SBS processes and therefore are only intended for members that work for NHS organisations that are administered by NHS SBS.
It's easy to book and participate!
Our webinars can run with a large number of attendees, so we have made it easy for you to book onto your chosen date with subjects running each month throughout 2023.
You can register for the webinar here and watch on your own device or on a large screen display should you want to participate together with a colleague or team.
We receive great feedback from NHS staff for our webinars so please let your colleagues and staff know that these are available for them to join by registering here.
Click on the date in the schedule tables below to book your place on our free webinars.
Which webinar should I attend?
Payroll webinars
Understanding Your Agenda for Change (AfC) Payslip - Suitable for newer employees to the NHS, this webinar is designed to give you an overview on how to read your NHS AfC payslip. This will cover the following:
- Explanation of your pay, allowances & deductions
- Differences between this pay period & year to date balance
- Explanation of the abbreviations
- Payslips in the MySBSPay App
Tax (PAYE) Explained - This webinar provides a basic overview of how tax is calculated via the PAYE (pay as you earn) scheme in England, this will cover the following:
- Understanding your tax code & tax allowance
- The current tax thresholds
- How tax is calculated
- Different tax codes
- P60, P45, P11d forms
National Insurance Explained - This webinar is designed to give a basic overview of how National Insurance (NI) is calculated, this will cover the following:
- Who Pays NI?
- Current NI categories
- Current NI thresholds
- How NI is calculated
- Basic NI aggregation for two or more posts with the same employer
Understanding Your Maternity or Adoption Pay - This webinar is aimed at employees looking to start a family and find out about the maternity or adoption entitlement, this will cover the following:
- Statutory maternity or adoption pay and eligibility
- Occupational maternity or adoption pay and eligibility
- Calculating average weekly earnings
- Maternity or adoption leave
- Keeping in touch days
- Your NHS pensions contributions whilst on leave
Shared Parental Leave and Pay Explained - This webinar is aimed at employees looking to start a family and interested in find out how the can share the leave and pay with their partner. This will cover the following:
- Statutory shared parental pay
- Occupational shared parental pay and how this is shared depending on which partner works for the NHS
- Shared parental leave
- Shared parental in touch days
- Eligibility and notice periods
- How leave and pay can be split - scenarios
If you are interested in Shared Parental, we suggest attending the Maternity & Adoption webinar first to understand all your options.
Sickness and Absence Pay Explained - This webinar provides an overview of the sickness entitlement for NHS staff and will cover the following:
- Statutory sick pay
- Occupational sick pay
- AfC Absence
The payroll webinars run once a month. We are offer two dates per month; one in the morning and one in the evening. Please click on the dates below to select your subject, date and register:
Webinar Topic | September 2023 | October 2023 | November 2023 |
Understand Your AfC Payslip | Fri 1 Sept at 10am | Mon 2 Oct at 10am | Weds 1 Nov at 10am |
Mon 18 Sept at 5pm | Fri 20 Oct at 5pm | Mon 13 Nov at 5pm | |
Tax (PAYE) Explained | Thurs 7 Sept at 10am | Mon 9 Oct at 10am | Weds 8 Nov at 10am |
Tues 26 Sept at 5pm | Fri 27 Oct at 5pm | Tues 21 Nov at 5pm | |
National Insurance Explained | Mon 11 Sept at 10am | Tues 10 Oct at 10am | Thurs 9 Nov at 10am |
Weds 27 Sept at 5pm | Mon 30 Oct at 5pm | Weds 22 Nov at 5pm | |
Understanding Your Maternity or Adoption Pay | Mon 4 Sept at 10am | Tues 3 Oct at 10am | Thurs 2 Nov at 10am |
Tues 19 Sept at 5pm | Mon 23 Oct at 5pm | Tues 14 Nov at 5pm | |
Shared Parental Leave and Pay Explained | Tues 5 Sept at 10am | Weds 4 Oct at 10am | Mon 6 Nov at 10am |
Weds 20 Sept at 5pm | Tues 24 Oct at 5pm | Weds 15 Nov at 5pm | |
Sickness and Absence Pay Explained | Weds 6 Sept at 10am | Thurs 5 Oct at 10am | Tues 7 Nov at 10am |
Mon 25 Sept at 5pm | Weds 25 Oct at 5pm | Mon 20 Nov at 5pm |
How to Raise a Payroll and Pensions Query Through the NHS SBS Portal - a video tutorial and user guides for how to use our self service portal can be found at Self-Service Portal
Pension webinars
NHS Pension Scheme Pre-Retirement - The process of retiring and claiming benefits from the NHS Pension Scheme and when to submit a retirement application.
This will cover the following:
- 1995/2008 and 2015 Schemes
- How are pensions benefits calculated
- Normal and early retirement
- Applying for pension benefits
- Working after retirement
Introduction to the NHS Pension Scheme Webinar for New Starters - This is targeted at new starters to the organisation but can also be used for any employees who are members of the 2015 scheme and would like a brief overview or refresher on how the scheme works. This will cover the following:
- Checking payslips, what payments are pensionable and contributions rates
- How 2015 scheme pensions benefits are calculated
- Opting out, refunds and transfers
- Types of retirement
- Ill health and life assurance benefits
- Increasing pensions benefits
The pension webinars run once a month and we have dates scheduled throughout 2023. Please click on this link to select your subject, date and register:
Date | Pre-Retirement Webinar | Introduction to the NHS Pension Scheme Webinar |
October 2023 | Wed 18 Oct: 10:00 - 11:30 | Thurs 12 Oct: 10:00 - 11:30 |
November 2023 | Weds 15 Nov - 2pm to 3.30pm | Thurs 9 Nov - 2pm to 3.30pm |
December 2023 | Thurs 14 Dec - 6pm to 7.30pm | Mon 4 Dec - 3.30pm to 5pm |
January 2024 | Mon 22 Jan - 10am to 11.30am | Mon 15 Jan - 10am to 11.30am |
February 2024 | Tues 20 Feb - 2pm to 3.30pm | Tues 13 Feb - 2pm to 3.30pm |
March 2024 | Weds 20 Mar - 6pm to 7.30pm | Weds 13 Mar - 3.30pm to 5pm |
April 2024 | Thurs 25 Apr - 10am to 11.30am | Thurs 11 Apr - 10am to 11.30am |
May 2024 | Mon 20 May - 2pm to 3.30pm | Mon 13 May - 2pm to 3.30pm |
June 2024 | Tues 25 Jun - 6pm to 7.30pm | Tues 18 Jun - 3.30pm to 5pm |
July 2024 | Weds 17 Jul - 10am to 11.30am | Weds 10 Jul - 10am to 11.30am |
August 2024 | Thurs 8 Aug - 2pm to 3.30pm |
Joining the webinar
After registering for the chosen date, a confirmation email containing joining instructions will be sent.
Before joining, can you please ensure IT systems have been checked to avoid any connectivity issues before the webinar starts.
You can test your IT equipment is compatible by visiting the following link:
https://support.logmeininc.com/gotowebinar/system-check-attendee
There will be a choice between sound being available through a PC or laptop or via a telephone line.
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Contact us
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