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The Seniority payment is made to reward dentists over the age of 55, who stay within the NHS and continue to undertake NHS dentistry.

If a dentist decides to take receipt of their superannuation benefit, they will stop being entitled to Seniority payment thereafter.

You can download the GP99 claim form or request it from your local NHS Board.

For full details on the qualifying criteria, see below:

Form	Paid	Payment Duration	Maximum payment
GP99	Quarterly	From age 55 until paid superannuation benefit	£3928.00 per quarter
Criteria: 1) Aged 55 and over; 2) pensionable earnings of £237,000.00 in the last 10 years; 3) 2 postgraduate sessions in the previous 15 months; 4) payment is made 1 quarter in arrears, so if you turn 55 in May, this will be paid in the September schedule and not the next available schedule; and 5) seniority payments can only be back-dated for 1 quarter.