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Written question asked by Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 3 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 April 2003. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Monday, 14 April 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) language and (b) speech therapists are employed in the NHS. - Inc figures.
Answer

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) language and (b) speech therapists are employed in the NHS. [107822] Mr. Hutton: Separate information on speech therapists and language therapists is not collected centrally. As at 30 September 2001, there were 5,680 qualified speech and language therapists employed in the national health service, an increase of 810 or 17 per cent. since 1997.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
107822; 403 c612W
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Languages NHS Staff Speech and language therapy
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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