Table 1 Brief demographic summary of participants
Profession | Number (n) | Percentage (%) |
Occupational Therapist | 747 | 22.4 |
Physiotherapist | 1134 | 33.9 |
Radiographer (diagnostic and therapeutic) | 240 | 7.2 |
Podiatrist / Chiropodist | 160 | 4.8 |
Dietitian | 268 | 8.0 |
Speech and language therapist | 328 | 9.8 |
Music therapist | 17 | 0.5 |
Art therapist | 25 | 0.7 |
Drama therapist | 7 | 0.2 |
Prosthetist / Orthotist | 33 | 1.0 |
Paramedic / Emergency Care Practitioner | 70 | 2.1 |
Operating Department Practitioner | 62 | 1.9 |
Orthoptist | 49 | 1.5 |
Osteopath | 5 | 0.1 |
Other (including biomedical scientists, healthcare scientists, hearing aid dispensers, and other non HCPC regulated professions, not included in analyses presented in this paper | 196 | 5.9 |
Highest level of qualification | ||
No formal professional / academic qualification | 1 | < 0.1 |
Certificate / Diploma | 173 | 5.5 |
Degree | 1418 | 45.1 |
MSc / post-graduate | 1363 | 43.4 |
PhD | 166 | 5.3 |
Other | 21 | 0.7 |
Type of Healthcare Organisation/ Trust | ||
NHS Acute Trust | 1659 | 52.8 |
NHS Ambulance Trust | 43 | 1.4 |
NHS Community / Care Trust | 900 | 28.6 |
NHS Mental Health Trust | 306 | 9.7 |
GP practice | 16 | 0.5 |
Primary Care Network | 42 | 1.3 |
Clinical Commissioning Group | 8 | 0.3 |
Local authority providing NHS-funded health or social care | 30 | 1.0 |
Independent provider of NHS-funded healthcare | 36 | 1.1 |
Other | 105 | 3.3 |
Country | ||
Total from England | 2922 | 92.9 |
Total from Scotland | 121 | 3.8 |
Total from Wales | 35 | 1.1 |
Total from Northern Ireland | 67 | 2.1 |
Total from Channel Islands/ Isle of Man | 0 | 0 |