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. 1998 Nov 21;317(7170):1425–1428. doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7170.1425

Table 5.

Intention to work in the NHS until normal retirement age of 1977 qualifiers working in the NHS in 1995. Values are percentages (numbers) of doctors

Yes* Undecided No† Total No
Hospital doctors: 64.3 (507) 9.5 (75) 26.1 (206) 788
 Men 61.7 (341) 9.6 (53) 28.8 (159) 553
 Women 70.6 (166) 9.4 (22) 20.0 (47) 235
General practitioners: 67.0 (556) 13.0 (108) 20.0 (166) 830
 Men 68.9 (368) 10.3 (55) 20.8 (111) 534
 Women 63.5 (188) 17.9 (53) 18.6 (55) 296
Total‡:  65.6 (1125) 11.5 (197) 22.9 (392) 1714
 Men 64.7 (721) 10.1 (113) 25.2 (281) 1115
 Women 67.5 (404) 14.0 (84) 18.5 (111) 599
*

Includes those who answered, “yes, definitely” or “yes, probably.” 

†

Includes those who answered “no, definitely not” or “no, probably not.” 

‡

Includes those working in community health (57 doctors) and public health medicine (39).