As a result of a local need to have agreed standards for occupational therapy staffing levels, the West Dorset Community Health NHS Trust occupational therapy service looked at the guidelines that were available and produced their own series of measurement formulae charts based on time and skill. This article describes the impetus for this work and the process that was undertaken, gives an example of the measurement formulae that were produced and discusses how this work has been applied.
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