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Baroness Cumberlege
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many general medical practitioners practising in England are anticipated to retire in each of the next five years. [HL444]
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Although there is no fixed retirement age for general practitioners they are removed from the health authority medical list on reaching 70 years of age if providing general medical
| Unrestricted Principals and Equivalents (UPEs)1 aged 64 or over as at 1 October 1999 | |||||||||
| numbers (headcount) | |||||||||
| 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | |||
| All UPEs | 27,591 | of which: | 198 | 117 | 94 | 83 | 69 | 48 | 0 |
| of which: | |||||||||
| GMS | 26,710 | 193 | 115 | 93 | 82 | 68 | 47 | 0 | |
| PMS | 881 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Note:
1 UPEs includes Unrestricted Principals. PMS Contracted GPs and PMS Salaried GPs.
Source:
Department of Health General Medical and Personal Medical Services Statistics.