Speech and Language Therapy: Greater Manchester
The question
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.
Answered by Karin Smyth
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 | Greater Manchester Integrated Care System |
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.
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