§ 33. Mr. Boydenasked the Minister of Health what limitations on the expansion of training for physiotherapists still exist as a result of the shortage of teachers of physiotherapy.
§ Mr. BraineThe number of training places cannot yet be increased.
§ Mr. BoydenIs this due to a shortage of teachers of physiotherapy, to a lack of financial resources or to a shortage of buildings? Surely there is a great lack of facilities because of a shortage of staff. Why cannot facilities be increased?
§ Mr. BraineAs the hon. Gentleman guesses, this is due entirely to a shortage of teachers which has persisted since the beginning of the National Health Service. We are now discussing with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy the introduction of a more attractive course of a duration of less than two years in an attempt to bridge the gap.