Freedom of Information request 335-2022

As part of the Clinical Psychology Training Programme at the University of Birmingham, we are currently in the process of reviewing our recruitment and selection processes. In the future, we hope to ensure that our trainees are representative of the diverse communities and people that live in the Midlands region and that access onto our training programme is fair and equitable. We have partnered with the British Psychological Society BPS. and the Psychological Professions Network PPN. to undertake this task, as we also hope to develop some synergy across the region in a combined approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion EDI. within the psychological workforce . Before we can make any formal changes to the process, we first require data about the diversity within the Practicing Psychologist workforce ethnicity and gender.. I have approached various psychology leads to obtain this information at a regional level, however, what is evident is that this data is not held centrally. I was therefore wondering how I could obtain the following sets of information from your Trust 1. The total number of all Practicing Psychologists in your Trust as defined by the HCPC 2. The total number of Clinical Psychologists in your Trust 3. The ethnic breakdown of all Practicing Psychologists in your Trust via census categories 4. The ethnic breakdown of all Clinical Psychologists in your Trust via Census categories. 5. The gender breakdown of all Practicing Psychologist in your Trust via census categories 6. The gender breakdown of all Clinical Psychologists in your Trust via census categories