General Practitioners: Older Workers

Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many practising general practitioners are over (a) 80, (b) 75, (c) 70 and (d) 65 years of age; and what percentage of practising general practitioners each figure represents.

Mr. Bradshaw
This information is shown in the following table.

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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |Headcount|Percentage|
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|All GPs (excluding retainers and registrars)                                                                                                                                                                         |33,091   |100.0     |
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|of which:                                                                                                                                                                                                            |         |          |
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|Over 80                                                                                                                                                                                                              |7        |0.0       |
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|Over 75                                                                                                                                                                                                              |23       |0.1       |
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|Over 70                                                                                                                                                                                                              |143      |0.4       |
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|Over 65                                                                                                                                                                                                              |738      |2.2       |
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|Note:General Medical Practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars) includes GP Providers and GP Others.Source:The Information Centre for Health and Social Care General and Personal Medical Services Statistics|         |          |
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