Publication - FOI/EIR release

GP and dentist retirement statistics: FOI release

Published: 20 January 2026
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202500490998
Date received: 27 October 2025
Date responded: 11 November 2025

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Information requested

You asked for the following information:

Please provide the following information for 2024 and 2025 to date, broken down by year:

1) How many people have retired from a GP role?

2) How many GPs have retired before their state retirement age?

3) How many people have retired from a dentist role?

4) How many dentists have retired before their state retirement age?

Response

1) 2024 – 224
2025 - 183

2) 2024 – 217
2025 - 179

3) 2024 – 92
2025 - 66

4) 2024 – 88
2025 - 64

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Contact

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Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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