PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Speech and Language Therapy: Greater Manchester (18 July 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many speech and language therapists there were in (a) Trafford and (b) Greater Manchester in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Mr Connor Rand (Labour)

Answer

The table below shows the number of full-time equivalent speech and language therapists working in National Health Service trusts and other core organisations, in the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and the Greater Manchester Integrated Care System, in March of each of the last six years:

Year

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

2019

99

286

2020

125

433

2021

123

433

2022

139

459

2023

154

492

2024

154

509

Source: the Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England, published by NHS England on a monthly basis.

These staff provide services in a range of settings, including in education. However, therapists will also be directly employed by other providers, including schools, independent provision, and third sector and charitable organisations, for which data is not held centrally.


Answered by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
24 July 2024

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