HL Deb 29 January 2001 vol 621 cc36-7WA
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.