Complete the latest vacancy survey

21 January 2025

RCSLT has opened its latest workforce and vacancy survey in order to identify workforce trends and issues in the speech and language therapy profession

Last summer we published the results from our third survey into vacancy and recruitment which highlighted significant issues in the speech and language therapy profession, with the average vacancy rate at 17% across the UK.   

The results enabled us to highlight the continued challenges facing the SLT workforce to both the wider health sector and government and lobby for better funding and support for speech and language therapy across all nations. We will be repeating the survey each year to identify trends over time and continue to illustrate the need for more speech and language therapists. 

Approximately 40% of speech and language therapy services completed the last survey in England, while response rates in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland varied. In order for our analysis to be as robust as possible, we encourage all services across all four nations to complete the latest survey, allowing us to paint a true picture of the speech and language therapy workforce. 

The survey is open to anyone who manages a speech and language therapy service, whether it is based in the NHS or not, as well as those managing SLTs across different settings. 

Complete the survey

The survey is open until 28 February 2025.