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NHS employment

misuel1955 · 2023-06-20 11:14:16

I retired in 2015 aged 59 and took my NHS pension. That year I had 45 years of full NI contributions and now have 5 years when I did not contribute enough. Had I been told to still pay NI contributions I would have paid voluntarily but I was never advised to do so. I now have a lower state pension, albeit would have been…

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GrubbyGirl_2 Posts: 1,032 Forumite

31 January 2024 at 9:58AM

misuel1955 said:

My concern is why could I not have continued to pay NI on my only income of my NHS Pension?

If you were happy to pay NI why didn't you pay and buy the additional years as you were advised to in 2019?.

You want advice? My advice is to take the advice given and take some responsibility for yourself!

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