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Table 5 Average 1 WTE adult staff- to- patient ratios for all units

From: Mapping the UK renal psychosocial workforce: the first comprehensive workforce survey

 

2001

2017

2002 Recommendations

 

Dialysis

RRT

Dialysis

RRT

Dialysis

RRT

Renal Psychologistsa

Unavailable

1: 15233

1: 1053

1: 2252

Not known

1: 1000/500

Renal Social Workers

Unavailable

1: 693

1: 642

1: 1373

1: 70

1: 140

  1. aWhen taking psychology and counselling/psychotherapy services together, the 2017 establishment is 1:668 for dialysis patients and 1:1429 for RRT patients