§ Lembit ÖpikTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans his Department has to increase the availability of occupational therapists to health authorities in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. [52875]
§ Mr. HuttonThe NHS plan sets out our intention to increase numbers of staff across the healthcare professions. The targets for increasing the size of the workforce include 6,500 more therapists and other health professionals by 2004 over the 1999 baseline. Occupational therapists are included in this target and
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NHS hospital and community health services (HCHS): Scientific, therapeutic and technical staff employed in the occupational therapy area of work and the ratio per population by health authority area as at 30 September 2001 Health authority Whole-time equivalents 2000 population figures Residents per occupational therapist Headcount England total 11,820 50,187,000 4,250 13,910 QA2 Hillingdon 40 260,700 6,520 40 QA3 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 200 415,200 2,030 220 QA5 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 110 459,800 4,230 120 QA6 Bedfordshire 120 570,300 4,630 150 QA7 Berkshire 140 826,500 5,840 180 QA8 Buckinghamshire 180 702,700 3,910 230 QAD Croydon 30 348,400 10,260 40 QAE East Kent 160 607,100 3,710 206 QAF West Kent 160 984,100 6,340 180 QAG Kingston and Richmond 30 349,600 12,760 30 QAH Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 210 757,000 3,620 240 QAJ Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 260 641,300 2,510 290 QAK East Surrey 150 427,400 2,880 180 QAL West Surrey 190 651,200 3,410 240 QAM East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 180 765,000 4,150 220 QAN West Sussex 140 771,600 5,490 170 QAP Barking and Havering 60 381,200 5,900 70 QAR Brent and Harrow 70 480,300 7,030 80 QAT Camden and Islington 150 379,000 2,460 170 QAV Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 140 700,400 5,050 160 QAW East London and the City 170 642,400 3,740 180 QAX North Essex 240 911,500 3,760 290 QAY South Essex 160 718,400 4,590 180 QC1 South Lancashire 50 312,900 6,480 60 QC2 Liverpool 80 454,200 5,910 90 QC3 Manchester 140 426.500 3,090 160 QC4 Morecambe Bay 90 313,700 3,660 100 QC5 St. Helen's and Knowsley 50 328,100 6,020 60 QC6 Salford and Trafford 150 445,200 2,900 170 QC7 Sefton 90 284,100 3,070 110 QC8 Stockport 60 294,200 4,840 80 QC9 West Pennine 100 471,300 4,830 110 QCC Northamptonshire 120 628,300 5,400 140 QCE Oxfordshire 150 633,400 4,130 190 QCF Suffolk 130 684,300 5,220 160 QCG Barnsley 40 228,600 5,110 50 QCH North Derbyshire 100 372,300 3,900 120 QCJ Southern Derbyshire 160 574,300 3,620 200 there are 1,250 more working in the national health service now than there were in 1999. "Delivering the NHS Plan", published in April 2002, sets out the expected increase in the workforce. It is expected that there will be 30,000 more therapists and scientists (including occupational therapists) between now and 2008.
The NHS plan also sets a target for 4,450 more therapists and other key professional staff entering training each year by 2004. Overall since 1996–97 the number of places available to train as an occupational therapist has increased by 427 (44 per cent.) This will continue to rise as we make further progress towards achieving the NHS plan target.
Lembit 00D6;pikTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many residents per occupational therapist there are in each health authority in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement; [52873]
(2) how many occupational therapists are employed by each health authority in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. [52872]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information requested is in the table.
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NHS hospital and community health services (HCHS): Scientific, therapeutic and technical staff employed in the occupational therapy area of work and the ratio per population by health authority area as at 30 September 2001 Health authority Whole-time equivalents 2000 population figures Residents per occupational therapist Headcount QCK Doncaster 90 288,900 3,290 100 QCL Leicestershire 230 947,600 4,120 260 QCM Lincolnshire 90 640,600 7,380 100 QCN North Nottinghamshire 230 388,200 1,720 250 QCP Nottingham 150 647,600 4,200 170 QCQ Rotherham 100 253,100 2,480 120 QCR Sheffield 160 530,100 3,340 190 QCT Bury and Rochdale 60 392,800 6,090 70 QCV North Cheshire 90 314,400 3,560 110 QCW South Cheshire 100 680,400 6,790 140 QCX East Lancashire 100 512,300 4,890 120 QCY North West Lancashire 140 469,800 3,310 170 QD1 North and Mid Hampshire 50 574,000 10,910 70 QD3 Southampton and South West Hampshire 160 552,800 3,480 200 QD5 Somerset 120 498,900 4,150 150 QD6 South and West Devon 170 598,700 3,620 200 QD7 Wiltshire 60 621,200 9,820 80 QD8 Avon 350 1,012,600 2,890 440 QD9 Birmingham 280 1,012,800 3,670 310 QDA Wigan and Bolton 150 577,700 3,780 170 QDC Wirral 100 322,900 3,170 120 QDD Bradford 110 487,500 4,270 130 QDE County Durham and Darlington 90 607,800 7,110 100 QDF East Riding and Hull 110 581,700 5,180 130 QDG Gateshea and South Tyneside 80 350,500 4,150 100 QDH Leeds 180 731,100 3,960 210 QDJ Newcastle and North Tyneside 140 468,100 3,380 160 QDK North Cumbria 70 321,200 4,570 80 QDL South Humber 30 304,900 9,860 40 QDM Northumberland 70 310,400 4,540 80 QDN Sunderland 40 289,300 7,050 40 QDP Tees 150 552,500 3,790 160 QDQ Wakefield 140 317,200 2,270 150 QDR North Yorkshire 170 756,700 4,590 210 QDT Calderdale and Kirklees 160 587,700 3,580 190 QDV Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 110 499,000 4,520 130 QDW Dorset 230 708,200 3,120 280 QDX North and East Devon 160 489,200 3,080 200 QDY Gloucestershire 160 565,600 3,430 200 QEA Coventry 70 304,600 4,570 80 QEC Dudley 60 311,300 5,040 70 QED Herefordshire 50 171,900 3,690 60 QEE Sandwell 50 288,400 6,410 50 QEF Shropshire 110 437,100 4,160 120 QEG Solihull 12014; 206,500 12014; 12014; QEH North Staffordshire 140 464,800 3,380 150 QEJ South Staffordshire 90 599,500 6,460 120 QEK Walsall 30 259,400 8,320 30 QEL Warwickshire 90 513,000 5,450 110 QEM Wolverhampton 70 240,200 3,320 90 QEN Worcestershire 120 548,100 4,750 150 QER Cambridgeshire 170 743,600 4,420 200 QET Norfolk 230 806,000 3,550 270 QEV Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 120 681,600 5,480 150 QEW Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 200 854,300 4,220 230 QEX Hertfordshire 120 1,052,300 8,510 160 QEY Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 100 736,500 7,380 120 1There were no occupational therapists employed in the organisation within Solihull health authority as at 30 September 2001. Notes:
- 1. Figures are round to the nearest 10.
- 2. Due to rounding totals may not equal the sum of component parts.
- 3. Residents per occupational therapist is based on wte data.
- 4. Occupational therapists are also employed by local authorities.
Sources
- 1. Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census
- 2. Office for National Statistics (ONS)