Allied Health Professions
(asked on 6th December 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate she has made of the number of full time equivalent (a) physiotherapists, (b) occupational therapists, (c) speech and language therapists and (d) neurologists working in the NHS on average across each of the last five years.
The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, and neurologists working in National Health Service trusts and other core NHS organisations in England, in August 2018 to 2023:
| August 2018 | August 2019 | August 2020 | August 2021 | August 2022 | August 2023 |
Physiotherapists | 19,010 | 19,626 | 20,606 | 21,346 | 22,023 | 23,330 |
Occupational Therapist | 14,989 | 15,359 | 15,864 | 15,953 | 16,006 | 16,669 |
Speech and Language Therapists | 6,057 | 6,272 | 6,366 | 6,660 | 6,819 | 7,111 |
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Doctors working in the specialty of Neurology | 1,379 | 1,444 | 1,533 | 1,602 | 1,649 | 1,771 |
Of which consultants | 789 | 796 | 838 | 858 | 888 | 928 |
Source: NHS Digital Hospital and Community Health Service Workforce Statistics
Notes: The information is based on the monthly NHS workforce statistics published by NHS England. The data includes staff employed by NHS trusts and other core NHS organisations. It excludes staff directly employed general practitioner surgeries, local authorities, and other providers such as community interest companies and private providers.