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Physiotherapy: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the level of need for additional (a) physiotherapists and (b) rehabilitation support workers in (i) the NHS and (ii) independent sectors.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
1 Jul 2025
Target answer date
3 Jul 2025
Answer
7 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 1 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the level of need for additional (a) physiotherapists and (b) rehabilitation support workers in (i) the NHS and (ii) independent sectors.

  2. 3 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Department has made no specific assessment of the additional need for physiotherapists and rehabilitation support workers in the National Health Service and independent sectors.The Department will publish a 10 Year Workforce Plan to create a workforce...

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