Not hurt on duty (NHOD) medical discharge

The payment of a NHOD benefit is conditional on: 

• STC being satisfied on medical advice that a PSS member has become incapable, due to a certified infirmity of body or mind, of personally exercising the functions of a police officer, including those of a constable, and 
• the PSS member having been discharged as medically unfit from the NSW Police Force. 

You can apply for a medical discharge benefit if you satisfy all of the following. You: 

• joined the Police Force before 1 April 1988
• are still in the Police Force, and
• are a contributor to the PSS.

You will be paid a NHOD invalidity benefit if it is certified that you are incapable of discharging full operational duties in the Police Force because of a medical condition. 

Benefit payable 

If you have been a member of the scheme for less than 20 years, you will receive a gratuity (a lump sum) equal to twice your annual salary of office (superable salary) at the time you retire. If you have been a member of the scheme for at least 20 years, you will be paid an indexed fortnightly pension. The amount of pension payable depends on the length of your scheme membership.