HC Deb 14 May 2002 vol 385 cc619-21W
Lembit Öpik

To 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. Hutton

The 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

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;pik

To 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. Hutton

The information requested is in the table.

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. 1. Figures are round to the nearest 10.
  2. 2. Due to rounding totals may not equal the sum of component parts.
  3. 3. Residents per occupational therapist is based on wte data.
  4. 4. Occupational therapists are also employed by local authorities.

Sources

  1. 1. Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census
  2. 2. Office for National Statistics (ONS)