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Table 3 Workforce

From: Adult mental health provision in England: a national survey of acute day units

 

NHS-ADU

Joint/voluntary

Total # staff

Median (range)

# teams employing staff in role n/22

Total # staff

Median (range)

# teams employing staff in role n/15

Nurses

3 (1–10)

18

2 (1–3)

6

Consultant psychiatrists

1 (1–2)

13

0

0

Other medical staff

2 (1–6)

9

0

0

Social workers

1 (1)

2

2 (1–2)

2

Occupational therapists

2 (1–6)

16

0

0

Psychologists

1 (1–2)

11

0

0

Graduate MH workers

1

1

0

0

Pharmacists

1 (1)

6

0

0

Support workers

3 (1–10)

17

3 (2–4)

10

Mental health project workers

0

0

10

1

Crisis recovery workers

0

0

12

1

Administrative staff

1 (1–2)

12

0

0

Peer support workers

1 (1–16)

3

3 (1–13)

6

Counsellors

0

0

2 (1–2)

2

Students

1 (1–7)

8

1

1

Volunteers

1 (1–8)

7

6

1