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Publication, Part of

Primary Care Network Workforce, 31 March 2023

Official statistics

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Notice of Changes

Forthcoming changes

New job roles including Mental Health Practitioners

New job roles were added to the National Workforce Reporting Service (NWRS) collection tool during March 2023. They are:

Direct Patient Care:
  • General Practice Assistant
  • Social Worker
  • Peer Support Worker
  • Applied Psychologist
Nursing:
  • Community Mental Health Nurse

There is now also new NWRS functionality to specify whether certain roles are Mental Health Practitioners, and whether they cover adult or young people’s care. The applicable roles are:

Direct Patient Care:

  • Social Worker
  • Peer Support Worker
  • Applied Psychologist – Clinical
  • Social Prescribing Link Worker
  • Therapist – Occupational Therapist
  • Therapist – Counsellor
  • Therapist – Other
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
  • Clinical Associate in Psychology
  • Trainee Clinical Associate in Psychology

Nursing:

  • Community Mental Health Nurse

All these roles, including the mental health practitioner variants, will be included for the first time in the Primary Care Network Workforce, 30 April 2023 publication tables, scheduled for release on 25 May 2023. 

 



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