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Occupational Therapy: Manpower

Volume 491: debated on Wednesday 22 April 2009

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Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many fully qualified occupational therapists have been employed by the NHS in West Chelmsford constituency in each year since 2001. (269217)

Ann Keen

Information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the number of qualified occupational therapists at Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust and Mid Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT) which cover the hon. Member's constituency of West Chelmsford area.

National health service hospital and community health services: Qualified occupational therapists in each specified organisation as at 30 September each specified year

Headcount

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Total specified organisations

41

39

49

46

47

55

52

61

Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust

30

27

28

26

28

32

32

37

Mid Essex PCT

11

12

21

20

19

23

20

24

Notes:

In October 2006 Maldon and South Chelmsford PCT and Witham, Braintree and Halstead Care Trust merged to form Mid Essex PCT.

2. Figures prior to 2006 are an aggregate of these predecessor organisations.

Source:

The NHS Information Centre for health and social care