Question follow-through · 110635

Physiotherapy: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of levels of availability of entry-level physiotherapy roles on musculoskeletal waiting lists.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 3 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 10 Feb 2026
Answer: 10 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of levels of availability of entry-level physiotherapy roles on musculoskeletal waiting lists.
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2026
Answer published
Decisions on the recruitment of physiotherapists are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts which manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe a...

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