Anne-Marie Trevelyan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Anne-Marie Trevelyan on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average retirement age of male GPs has been for each year from 2000 to 2014; and if he will make a statement.

Alistair Burt

This information is not held by the Department in the format requested.

The average age at which a National Health Service pension is drawn for general practitioners is 62 for males and 61 for females. Pension scheme members must leave their employment in order to claim their pension. This can be done at any time after the age of 55.