Table 1 Requested information from surveys and freedom of information requests
From: The UK prosthetic and orthotic workforce: current status and implications for the future
Survey | Freedom of Information request | ||
|---|---|---|---|
P&O workforce | Private P&O companies | UK NHS Trusts/Health Boards | Higher Education Institutes providing P&O programmes |
• Demographics • Plans for further education • Career goals • Skills–current and requirements for the future • Populations they treat • Employment, employer, working hours, work settings, salary • Job satisfaction | • Which P&O staff groups they employ • Number of employees • Staffing data for the previous 5 years • Number of current vacancies • Vacancies data for the previous 5 years • Recruitment issues | • Which P&O staff groups they employ • Number of employees • Staffing data for the previous 5 years • Number of current vacancies • Vacancies data for the previous 5 years • Recruitment issues | • Number of staff and their level of education within each of the P&O staffing groups • Number of current students/apprentices on PO programme leading to HCPC registration • Student/apprentice demographics • Number of students/apprentices on the programme (previous 5 years data) • Skills and knowledge included in the curriculum • Number of applicants over the last 5 years • Capacity of the programme and plans for expanding number of students accepted on to the programme (previous 5 years data) • Number of students who have graduated from the programme (previous 5 years data) |