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1 Pension reform is required because people are living longer. 2  Today, a 60-year-old doctor retiring can expect to enjoy 29 years of retirement. 3  This means drawing a pension for almost the same time as they worked for the NHS - 36 years. Compare this with a newly qualified doctor joining the reformed scheme after 2015. 2  He can expect a pension of over Â£53,000 at age 65 (the normal pension age for new joiners) or a pension of around Â£68,000 a year at his state pension age of 68.
Current plans. The state pension age is currently 65 for men and 64 for women. The latter will keep steadily rising every few months and equalise at 65 for men and women in 2018. The state pension age will then increase every few months, reaching 66 by 2020. Then it climbs up to 67 through a series of gradual increases, with those born in 1961 and beyond being the first to collect their state pension at 67.