Doctors leave the NHS if the retirement age increases warns BMA, UK

UK - The exodus of doctors from the NHS, from an increase in retirement in 2006, with the support of the British Medical Association predicts if plans to increase the value of the NHS to reduce pensions and normal retirement age 60 to 65 years, go ahead. In a statement issued today (Thursday, March 10) in a survey of doctors look at the review of the NHS Pension Scheme, said Mr James Johnson, chairman of the BMA: make our members very clearly, no support to increase retirement age to 65. The BMA is firmly against this change.
Doctors already have a retirement plan on career average earnings, but the hospital, doctors salary schedule. The review of the matter if revalued career average pension income (CARE) system will apply to all. Mr. Johnson said that more than 95% ofconsultants and 93% of doctors in training at the BMA will study the current structure of the final salary will be.
Pension plans. The BMA to oppose an extension of the method of supply for all physicians. Until 3325 doctors have completed the current survey BMA BMA pensions and more than 1,000 were of Members concerns about the pension proposal. Last summer (2004), the BMA has received nearly 5,000 responses to a questionnaire on changes proposed for the first time pensions. Under these doctors said that 75% said they would leave earlier or the same age as originally planned, if the retirement age was raised to 65.
a disincentive to increase the recruitment of NHS. If the pension is based proposals pushed by an exodus of doctors in the health sector, not only fromthe effective date of change, but disillusioned with immediate effect the staff of career choices for new pension plans, said James Johnson. He added: Our data show that there is an increase in pensions in 2006 / 7 (when the pension system will be reviewed), and in 2013, the year projected if current employees would be under the rules have changed.
The study results indicate that BMA increasing the retirement age would

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