Social Workers: West Midlands
(asked on 3rd July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many social workers are directly employed by the NHS in adult social care in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry.
This question was answered on 6th July 2017
Most social workers are not employed by the National Health Service, however there are a small number who work within the social services care setting and are employed by the NHS.
As of March 2017 NHS Digital data shows there are 327 full time equivalent social workers directly employed by the NHS in the West Midlands and seven full time equivalent social workers in Coventry.