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State workforce report: psychologists and dentists in short supply; growth in nonprescribing behavioral-health roles
Summary
The state's health-professions data center presented part two of the 2024 workforce report, finding continued decline or constrained supply among psychologists and dentists, growth in master's-level mental health practitioners and substance-use counselors, and geographic disparities that leave rural areas with fewer providers per capita.
Danielle Hernandez, administrator of the Health Professions Data Center at DHHS, presented Part 2 of the 2024 New Hampshire Health Care Workforce report to the oversight committee on Sept. 26, focusing on nonprescribing behavioral-health professions and dentists.
Hernandez summarized the report's principal findings: psychologists are in limited supply and the psychologist workforce is aging with relatively few entrants; dentists showed a net supply loss (about an 8% decline in the reported licensing year); and nonprescribing behavioral-health roles (licensed clinical social workers, licensed clinical mental health counselors and alcohol and drug counselors) have shown net increases and more favorable…
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