Health written question – answered at on 23 May 2011.
Damian Hinds
Conservative, East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS occupational therapists there are per 100,000 population in each NHS region.
Simon Burns
The Minister of State, Department of Health
The following table gives the number of occupational therapists per 100,000 population in each national health service region as at the
| NHS hospital and community health services: qualified occupational therapy staff in England per 100,000 population by strategic health authority area as at 30 September 2010 | |
| Number | |
| England | 34.3 |
| North East Strategic Health Authority area | 39.1 |
| North West Strategic Health Authority area | 35,0 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority area | 34.6 |
| East Midlands Strategic Health Authority area | 38.0 |
| West Midlands Strategic Health Authority area | 33.3 |
| East of England Strategic Health Authority area | 29.4 |
| London Strategic Health Authority area | 32.8 |
| South East Coast Strategic Health Authority area | 32.5 |
| South Central Strategic Health Authority area | 29.5 |
| South West Strategic Health Authority area | 41.8 |
| Notes: 1. Figures are calculated using headcount staff in post figures. 2. Figures are rounded to one decimal place. 3. Staff in post figures are as at 30 September 2010. Population figures are ONS estimates for 2009. 4. 2009 is the latest available population data. Sources: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care non-medical workforce census. Office for National Statistics 2009 final mid-year population estimates (2001 census-based). | |
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