HC Deb 19 May 2004 vol 421 cc1016-7W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how mangy(a) occupational therapists, (b) physiotherapists and (c) speech and language therapists were employed in the NHS in each (i) NHS region and (ii) strategic health authority in each of the last two years. [172705]

Mr. Hutton

The information requested is shown in the table.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services: Qualified occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech and language therapists employed in the NHS in each Government office region and strategic health authority area in England as at 30 September in each year
Headcount
Occupational

therapists

Physiotherapists Speech and language

therapists

2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA 437 473 561 592 197 209
B. North West
Total 1,978 2,012 2,588 2,748 861 911
Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside SHA 617 602 915 942 264 274
Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire SHA 559 611 643 700 242 274
Q14 Greater Manchester SHA 802 799 1,030 1,106 355 363
D. Yorkshire and the Humber
Total 1,577 1,587 1,917 2,050 568 596
Q11 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA 410 448 472 528 170 184
Q23 South Yorkshire SHA 475 478 600 638 158 178
Q12 West Yorkshire SHA 692 661 845 884 240 234
E. East Midlands
Total 1,327 1,440 1,222 1,329 453 462
Q25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA 435 471 400 439 145 145
Q24 Trent SHA 892 969 822 890 308 317
F. West Midlands
Total 1,444 1,515 1,783 1,926 591 649
Q27 Birmingham and The Black Country SHA 597 619 734 792 283 304
Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA 418 452 540 589 137 157
Q28 West Midlands South SHA 429 444 509 545 171 188
G. East of England
Total 1,519 1,607 1,457 1,572 554 573
Q02 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA 322 364 367 431 171 174
Q03 Essex SHA 454 460 354 373 131 136
Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA 743 783 736 768 252 263
H. London
Total 2,018 2,113 2,328 2,486 979 1,133
Q05 North Central London SHA 390 450 471 510 178 254
Q06 North East London SHA 410 399 390 421 184 179
Q04 North West London SHA 455 458 565 597 229 258
Q07 South East London SHA 416 456 491 516 219 251
Q08 South West London SHA 347 350 411 442 169 191
J. South East
Total 2,311 2,394 2,608 2,666 998 931
Q17 Hampshire and Isle Of Wight SHA 436 478 584 625 185 190
Q18 Kent and Medway SHA 411 415 443 449 199 190
Q19 Surrey and Sussex SHA 885 898 877 885 303 265
Q16 Thames Valley SHA 579 603 704 707 311 286
K. South West
Total 1,849 1,967 2,029 2,141 636 644
Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA 814 878 934 991 321 308
Q22 Dorset and Somerset SHA 450 463 468 506 125 137
Q21 South West Peninsula SHA 585 626 627 644 190 199
Source:
Department of Health Non-medical Workforce Census.