100 doctors a year retire on £3.5m pension pots

 35,000 medical staff are set to take industrial action over changes to their retirement schemes, and will only see patients for emergency treatment. The single day’s action will result in 1.2 million lost GP appointments, and tens of thousands of operations. New NHS figures have revealed that 104 doctors retired recently with pension pots equivalent to £3.5million in the private sector, receiving at least £78,000 each year for the rest of their lives and a lump sum of at least £234,000. One GP retired at 60 and received a £334,871 tax-free lump sum with payments of £111,623 each year for life. There are also more than 23,000 retired doctors receiving at least £37,000 each year.

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