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| Retirement intentions of consultant psychiatrists | | Author(s) | John M Eagles, Karen Addie, Tom Brown |
| Journal title | Psychiatric Bulletin, vol 29, no 10, October 2005 |
| Pages | pp 374-376 |
| Source | http://pb.rcpsych.org |
| Keywords | Psychiatrists ; Early retirement ; Preparation [retirement] ; Conditions of employment ; Social surveys ; Scotland. |
| Annotation | A previous survey by Alex Mears et al in the Psychiatric Bulletin (April 2004) examined the retirement intentions of consultant psychiatrists aged 50+ in the UK. The authors of the present survey used a postal survey to determine the current retirement intentions of consultant psychiatrists working in Scotland. Consultants were asked their likely date of retirement, whether they might return as a locum, and what might induce them to retire later. Full data were returned by 180 consultants. The mean planned age of retirement was 58 years. Women intended to retire significantly earlier than men. Most respondents could be persuaded to retire later through changes in services, conditions, or job content. Only 7% regarded their proposed retirement date as immutable. Early retirement among consultants is likely to contribute to an even more seriously understaffed service. It is necessary to seek national and individual changes to the factors that give rise to early retirement in psychiatry. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-051018202 A |
| Classmark | QT9: G5M: GA: WKA: 3F: 9A |
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