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Physiotherapy: Recruitment

Asked by Rachael MaskellLabour (Co-op)Department of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 20 June 2025UIN 60510

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of NHS Trusts with recruitment freezes for (a) physiotherapists and (b) physiotherapy support workers on 17 June 2025.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department has made no estimate of the number of National Health Service trusts with recruitment freezes for physiotherapists or physiotherapy support workers. How NHS systems and trusts plan resources within their budgets is a matter for local discretion.

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