Harnessing the knowledge of doctors who retire early

Moberly reports that more doctors are opting to retire early rather than wait to claim their pension at retirement age.1 The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan states: “We will work with [higher education institutes] and system partners to plan and deliver the education expansion and reforms set out in this plan. For all clinical professions, successful expansion would be contingent on there being an expanded and fully trained supervisory workforce to support evolving learner and workforce need.”2Where is this supervisory workforce to support the expanded workforce going to come from? Is this an opportunity to harness the peak knowledge, skill, and experience of clinicians on the brink of early retirement and those recently retired? It can’t be beyond the wit of NHS England and the BMA to rapidly devise an attractive scheme that provides the ideal candidates for this task and supports and rewards them appropriately . . . can…
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