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<p>To practice in the United Kingdom, occupational therapists must be registered with
the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). As of 20 September 2018, there were
39,197 occupational therapists registered with HCPC.</p><p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital
and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in
hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary
care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>NHS
Digital monthly workforce statistics shows that as at 31 August 2018, the latest data
available, there are 14,989 full time equivalent (FTE) clinically qualified staff
with a care setting of occupational therapy employed by the National Health Service
in England.</p><p>Since September 2015, NHS Digital has been collecting Independent
Healthcare Provider Workforce Statistics. These statistics are collected biannually
and published as experimental statistics. There are 744 FTE clinically qualified staff
with a care setting of occupational therapy that are employed by those Independent
Healthcare Providers in England who respond to the survey, as at 31 March 2018 which
is the latest data available.</p><p>We do not hold data on occupational therapists
who are self-employed or those working for public sector employers other than the
NHS.</p>
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