article_snippet: And around 22,400 GPs – more than half of England’s 40,200 family doctors – want to retire before the usual age of 60, separate figures show.
article_snippet: probably’ expect to leave the profession before their 60th birthday, according to a survey of 1,004 family doctors carried out by Inside Out.
article_snippet: Younger doctors are not plugging the gaps, with up to one in eight GP training posts unfilled.
article_snippet: Younger doctors are instead choosing the more attractive career paths as hospital specialists or surgeons.
highlights_snippet: More than half of England’s family doctors want to retire before 60 .