Registrant snapshot - 2 December 2019

Registrants by profession and gender

Profession	Female	Male	Unknown	Total
Arts therapists	4,048	678	2	4,728
Biomedical scientists	15,508	6,835	4	22,347
Chiropodists / podiatrists	9,881	3,206	13	13,100
Clinical scientists	3,754	2,447	0	6,201
Dietitians	9,470	628	40	10,138
Hearing aid dispensers	1,757	1,506	0	3,263
Operating department practitioners	8,939	5,358	61	14,358
Orthoptists	1,318	160	7	1,485
Occupational therapists	36,391	3,156	9	39,556
Paramedics	11,485	17,157	1	28,643
Physiotherapists	43,198	14,596	3	57,797
Prosthetists / orthotists	573	487	17	1,077
Practitioner psychologists	19,962	4,531	6	24,499
Radiographers	27,125	9,100	4	36,229
Speech and language therapists	15,878	516	0	16,394
Total	209,287	70,361	167	279,815

Registrants by application route

Profession	Grandparenting	International	UK	Total
Arts therapists	31	136	4,561	4,728
Biomedical scientists	143	2,413	19,791	22,347
Chiropodists / podiatrists	2,194	216	10,690	13,100
Clinical scientists	406	384	5,411	6,201
Dietitians	0	1,285	8,853	10,138
Hearing aid dispensers	0	120	3,143	3,263
Operating department practitioners	21	74	14,263	14,358
Orthoptists	0	12	1,473	1,485
Occupational therapists	2	2,669	36,885	39,556
Paramedics	128	1,455	27,060	28,643
Physiotherapists	258	9,168	48,371	57,797
Prosthetists / orthotists	0	74	1,003	1,077
Practitioner psychologists	470	1,167	22,862	24,499
Radiographers	1	5,486	30,742	36,229
Speech and language therapists	82	948	15,364	16,394
Total	3,736	25,607	250,472	279,815

Annotation statuses

Key:
LA = Local anaesthesia
POM = Prescription only medicines
IP = Independent prescribing
SP = Supplementary prescribing

Total registrants at close of play 2 December 2019

Page updated on: 24/12/2019

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