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More than 2.5m patients in England could see their GP practice close in the next five years because most of their doctors are near retirement age, the RCGP has warned.
More than three quarters of GPs are aged over 55 years old at 762 GP practices across the UK, analysis by the RCGP reveals.
The likely retirement of GPs at these practices leaves 2.5m patients in England alone at risk of seeing their practice close within the next five years, the college estimates - warning that the impact on patient care would be 'catastrophic'.
Around 625 practices in England have more than three quarters GPs aged over 55 - roughly one in 11 practices in the country - along with 71 in Scotland, 37 in Wales and 29 in Northern Ireland.
https://www.gponline.com/ageing-gp-...ice-closure-within-five-years/article/1494299
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More than three quarters of GPs are aged over 55 years old at 762 GP practices across the UK, analysis by the RCGP reveals.
The likely retirement of GPs at these practices leaves 2.5m patients in England alone at risk of seeing their practice close within the next five years, the college estimates - warning that the impact on patient care would be 'catastrophic'.
Around 625 practices in England have more than three quarters GPs aged over 55 - roughly one in 11 practices in the country - along with 71 in Scotland, 37 in Wales and 29 in Northern Ireland.
https://www.gponline.com/ageing-gp-...ice-closure-within-five-years/article/1494299
(free registration)
