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Physiotherapy: Recruitment

Asked by Kate OsamorLabour (Co-op)Department of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 30 April 2025UIN 47736

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of entry-level positions for newly qualified physiotherapists.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Decisions about the employment of newly qualified physiotherapists are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts 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 and effective care.

We will publish a refreshed Long Term Workforce Plan to deliver the transformed health service we will build over the next decade, and treat patients on time again.

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