Table 1.
Demographic data for survey respondents
| Characteristic | Respondents (n=268) |
| Employment organisation | |
| University-affiliated hospital | 133 (49.6) |
| District general hospital | 111 (41.4) |
| Other—specialist centre | 10 (3.7) |
| Unclassified | 8 (3.0) |
| University | 5 (1.9) |
| Community | 1 (0.4) |
| Location | |
| England | 234 (87.3) |
| Scotland | 16 (6.0) |
| Wales | 12 (4.5) |
| Northern Ireland | 6 (2.2) |
| Grade of seniority* | |
| 5 | 10 (3.7) |
| 6 | 73 (27.2) |
| 7 | 127 (47.4) |
| 8a | 36 (13.4) |
| 8b | 4 (1.5) |
| Other (not specified) | 5 (1.9) |
| Not given | 13 (4.9) |
| Postgraduate qualification† | |
| Master of science | 80 (29.9) |
| Master’s level module | 66 (24.6) |
| PG certificate | 37 (13.8) |
| PG diploma | 21 (7.8) |
| Master of research | 10 (3.7) |
| None | 9 (3.4) |
| PhD | 7 (2.6) |
| Professional doctorate | 0 |
| Other‡ | 35 (13.1) |
| Funding source† | |
| Local organisation | 132 (49.3) |
| Self-funded | 73 (27.2) |
| Established funding pathway | 29 (10.8) |
| Professional body | 15 (5.6) |
| Other§ | 4 (1.5) |
Data reported as n (%).
*Indicated UK Agenda for change pay structure for allied health professionals; higher numbers (and consecutive letters) indicate more senior, specialist clinical grades.
†Indicates counts representing frequency of occurrence where multiple options could be selected, and totals will exceed 268 (100%).
‡‘Other’ categories include: currently undertaking a postgraduate qualification (MSc, PhD, MRes), n=14; miscellaneous mix, n=7; leadership/education qualification, n=6; prescribing qualification, n=3; preregistration MSc, n=3.
§‘Other’ categories include: charity, n=3; Specialist Interest Group, n=1.