§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital doctors left the NHS in each of the last four years on grounds of(a) retirement. (b) early retirement, (c) ill health and (d) taking up an alternative post. [7595]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 15 October 2001]: Data in the form requested are not available. The number of hospital and community doctors in England and Wales who retired from the national health service in the financial years 1998 to 2001 is in the table. The "Others" category is indeterminate retirements not available from the computer records. 552W
All retirements Early retirements Ill health retirements Others 1998 803 175 127 148 1999 698 136 101 112 2000 625 119 98 96 2001 786 140 116 130 Total 2912 570 442 486 Notes:
1. Early retirements includes retirements on the grounds of ill health, premature retirements following redundancy or in the interests of the efficiency of the service and voluntary early retirements before the scheme's normal retirement age of 60.
2. Ill-health retirements include retirements before and after the scheme's normal retirement age of 60.
3. "Others" relate to retirements where the reason for retirement is not yet established.
4. Hospital doctors include:
Hospital and community doctors
Associate Specialist
Clinical Assistant
Consultant
House Officer
Medical Assistant
Senior House Officer
Medical Officer—all grades
Registrar
Senior Registrar
Medical Specialist
5. The NHS Pensions Agency does not hold data on hospital doctors taking up alternative posts.
Source:
NHS Pensions Agency