Approval and Accreditation Board Annual Report 2008-9
Appendix 3
Table 6a Attrition Rates Calculated Using Year 2009 Outputs
| 2009 | Three year programmes England and Wales |
Four year programmes Scotland and Northern Ireland |
2 Year PgD Programmes | |||
| Diagnostic | Therapeutic | Diagnostic | Therapeutic | Diagnostic | Therapeutic | |
| Actual Intake | 1004+ | 239++ | 168 | 45 | 17 | N/A – intakes every other year only |
| Output | 755 75.2% |
152 63.6% |
119 70.8% |
26 57.8% |
5 29.4% |
N/A – intakes every other year only |
| Wastage | 249 24.8% |
87 36.4% |
49 29.2% |
19 42.2% |
12 70.6% |
N/A – intakes every other year only |
+ - Does not include data from Birmingham City University or University of Derby – As these institutions did not return the 2006-2007 schedule
++ - Does not include figures from Birmingham City University – As this institutions did not return the 2006-2007 schedule
| All programmes | Actual Intake | Output | Wastage |
| Diagnostic | 1189 + | 879 74.0% |
310 26.0% |
| Therapeutic | 284 ++ | 178 62.7% |
106 37.3% |
+ - Does not include data from Birmingham City University or University of Derby – As these institutions did not return the 2006-2007 schedule
++ - Does not include figures from Birmingham City University – As this institutions did not return the 2006-2007 schedule
Table 6b Attrition Rates Calculated Using Year 2008 Outputs
| 2008 | Three year programmes England and Wales |
Four year programmes Scotland and Northern Ireland |
2 Year PgD Programmes | |||
| Diagnostic | Therapeutic | Diagnostic | Therapeutic | Diagnostic | Therapeutic | |
| Actual Intake | 1210 | 287 | 152 | 55 | N/A – intakes every other year only |
19 |
| Output | 740 61.1% |
166 57.8% |
124 81.6% |
29 52.7% |
N/A – intakes every other year only |
12 63.1% |
| Wastage | 470 38.9% |
121 42.2% |
28 18.4% |
26 47.3% |
N/A – intakes every other year only |
7 36.9% |
| All programmes | Actual Intake | Output | Wastage |
| Diagnostic | 1362 | 864 63.4% |
498 36.6% |
| Therapeutic | 361 | 207 57.3% |
154 42.7% |
Table 6c Attrition Rates Calculated Using Year 2007 Outputs
| 2007 | Three year programmes England and Wales |
Four year programmes Scotland and Northern Ireland |
2 Year PgD Programmes | |||
| Diagnostic | Therapeutic | Diagnostic | Therapeutic | Diagnostic | Therapeutic | |
| Actual Intake | 1161 | 289 | 153 | 43 | 34 | 21 |
| Output | 776 66.8% |
133 46.0% |
121 79.1% |
32 74.4% |
No figs received % |
16 76.2% |
| Wastage | 385 33.2% |
156 54.0% |
32 20.9% |
11 25.6% |
% | 5 23.8% |
| All programmes | Actual Intake | Output | Wastage |
| Diagnostic | *1314 | 897 68.3% |
417 31.7% |
| Therapeutic | 353 | 181 51.2% |
172 48.7% |
* does not include PgD entrants as output unknown at present
Table 6d Attrition Rates Calculated Using Year 2008 Outputs
| 2006 | Three year programmes England and Wales |
Four year programmes Scotland and Northern Ireland |
2 Year PgD Programmes | |||
| Diagnostic | Therapeutic | Diagnostic | Therapeutic | Diagnostic | Therapeutic | |
| Actual Intake | 1075 | 258 | 156 | 43 | 11 | 41 |
| Output | 720 66.98% |
129 50% |
123 78.85% |
23 53.49% |
8 72.73% |
31 75.6% |
| Wastage | 355 33.02% |
129 50% |
33 21.15% |
20 46.51% |
3 27.27% |
10 24.4% |
| All programmes | Actual Intake | Output | Wastage |
| Diagnostic | 1242 | 851 68.52% |
391 31.48% |
| Therapeutic | 342 | 183 53.5% |
159 46.5% |


