§ Mr. Wingfield Digbyasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that chartered physiotherapists who are willing to return to work on a temporary basis have to pay an initial fee of £5 and an annual fee of £2 10s. in addition to the four guinea annual subscription to the Society, and that this discourages them from returning; and if he will take steps to bring this practice to an end in order to alleviate the shortage of temporary therapeutic staff.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonI see no grounds for waiving the requirement of state registration for employment in the National Health Service. The fees and the subscription are essentially matters for the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine and for the Society respectively. Numbers of part-time and whole-time staff are increasing.