Table 1 Demographic characteristics of survey participants
Characteristics | n (%) | Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
NHS role | Pay banding | ||
Clinicians | 539 (82%) | Band 7 | 238 (36.2%) |
Managers | 119 (18%) | Band 6 | 200 (30.4%) |
Band 8a | 99 (15.0%) | ||
UK region | Band 5 | 56 (8.5%) | |
England—South–East | 104 (15.8%) | Band 8b | 29 (4.4%) |
England—South–West | 82 (12.5%) | Band 8c | 17 (2.6%) |
England—North–West | 95 (14.4%) | Prefer not to say | 10 (1.5%) |
England—Yorkshire and Humber | 93 (14.1%) | Band 8d | 6 (0.9%) |
England—East Midlands | 73 (11.1%) | Band 9 or above | 3 (0.5%) |
England—West Midlands | 68 (10.3%) | ||
England—London | 61 (9.3%) | Years of service | |
England—East | 31 (4.7%) | 1–5 years | 117 (17.8%) |
Scotland | 23 (3.5%) | 16–20 years | 106 (16.1%) |
England—North–East | 13 (2.0%) | 6–10 years | 106 (16.1%) |
Wales | 9 (1.4%) | 21–25 years | 92 (14.0%) |
Northern Ireland | 6 (0.9%) | 11–15 years | 82 (12.5%) |
31 + years | 67 (10.2%) | ||
Clinical background | 26–30 years | 67 (10.2%) | |
Physiotherapist | 222 (33.7%) | < 1 year | 21 (3.2%) |
Speech and Language therapist | 108 (16.4%) | ||
Occupational therapist | 102 (15.5%) | Type of NHS service | |
Dietitian | 71 (10.8%) | Physiotherapy | 48 (28.6%) |
Prosthetist/Orthotist | 56 (8.5%) | Occupational therapy | 29 (17.3%) |
Chiropodist/Podiatrist | 39 (5.9%) | Speech and language therapy | 23 (13.7%) |
Orthoptist | 38 (5.8%) | Prosthetics/Orthotics | 18 (10.7%) |
Radiographer | 12 (1.8%) | Chiropody/Podiatry | 15 (8.9%) |
Paramedic | 3 (0.5%) | Dietetics | 13 (7.7%) |
Drama therapist | 2 (0.3%) | Other* | 8 (4.8%) |
Osteopath | 2 (0.3%) | Orthoptics | 7 (4.2%) |
Art therapist | 1 (0.2%) | Radiography | 6 (3.6%) |
Music therapist | 1 (0.2%) | Music therapy | 1 (0.6%) |
Operating department practitioner | 1 (0.2%) | Â | Â |
NHS setting | Â | Â | |
Acute/hospital outpatient | 315 (50.1%) | Â | Â |
Community | 300 (47.7%) | Â | Â |
Acute/hospital inpatient | 192 (30.5%) | Â | Â |
Primary care | 69 (11.0%) | Â | Â |
Domiciliary | 50 (7.9%) | Â | Â |
Social care | 10 (1.6%) | Â | Â |
Education | 1 (0.2%) | Â | Â |
Research and L&D | 1 (0.2%) | Â | Â |