Allied Health Professions: Labour Turnover
(asked on 27th January 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what the retention rate was for NHS (1) physiotherapists, (2) radiographers, and (3) occupational therapists, in the financial years (a) 2022–23, (b) 2023–24, and (c) 2024–25 to date.
The following table shows the leaver rates of physiotherapists, radiographers, and occupational therapists, employed by National Health Service hospital trusts or integrated care boards in England, between 30 September 2021 and 30 September 2024:
Position | Period | Leaver rate |
Physiotherapists | September 2021 to September 2022 | 11.6% |
Physiotherapists | September 2022 to September 2023 | 10.4% |
Physiotherapists | September 2023 to September 2024 | 9.7% |
Radiographers, therapeutic and diagnostic | September 2021 to September 2022 | 10.6% |
Radiographers, therapeutic and diagnostic | September 2022 to September 2023 | 8.6% |
Radiographers, therapeutic and diagnostic | September 2023 to September 2024 | 7.5% |
Occupational Therapists | September 2021 to September 2022 | 12.3% |
Occupational Therapists | September 2022 to September 2023 | 11.5% |
Occupational Therapists | September 2023 to September 2024 | 10.1% |
Source: NHS England Hospital and Community Health Service Workforce Statistics.
The data is presented for the 12-month period to each September to allow for the inclusion of the latest data available. Leaver rates are calculated by dividing the number of leavers in the period by the average number of staff in that category at the beginning and end of the period.
The data is based on the headcount of staff and shows people leaving active service in the NHS, which would include those going on or returning from maternity leave or a career break, as well as staff staying in their profession but moving to roles in other sectors, such as primary care, local authority provision, or private provision.