§ Mr. Tom Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of qualified occupational therapists working with people with mental illness in Scotland for each of the years 1980 to 1986.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation collected centrally does not identify separately those occupational therapists employed in the NHS and by local authorities working with the mentally ill some of whom may be having treatment in psychiatric hospitals, general hospitals, local authority accommodation or at home.
The total numbers of qualified occupational therapists employed by health boards and local authority social work departments are shown in the following table. All figures are whole-time equivalents.
Health boards (at September) Local authority social work departments (at October) 1980 304.1 158.0 1981 319.5 169.0 1982 340.2 175.0 1983 371.0 185.0 1984 380.4 190.0 1985 414.7 196.0 1986 469.3 1198.0 1 Provisional figure at 6 October 1986.