In 2015, the Government reformed the majority of public service pension schemes. Scheme changes, however, did not apply to older members who remained in their original schemes. This was found to be discriminatory against younger members. The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) required specialist programme management, consulting and advisory services to support the implementation of the McCloud Programme to rectify any discrimination faced by eligible members of the NHS Pension Scheme (NHSPS).The NHSPS is the largest centrally administrated contributory pension scheme in Europe and it is estimated that 1.1 million members will be eligible for McCloud rectification. Due to its scale and complexity, implementing the McCloud judgement presents one of the greatest delivery challenges since the NHSPS’ inception.
A robust PPM function was essential to ensure successful programme delivery, governance and oversight for the varied stakeholder groups impacted. Acuity has provided and continues to provide a portfolio of business management, consulting and advisory services to achieve this.This includes:
Acuity has established a robust and financially justified programme which enables stakeholder collaboration and partnership working across delivery organisations,governance bodies and NHS trade unions. This provides high delivery confidence for an extremely high profile and politically sensitive programme.