§ Mr. KidneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of the training places for professions allied to medicine relate to chiropodists and podiatrists in each of the years from 2001 to 2004. [7707]
§ Mr. HuttonBetween 1999 and 2001 around 340 chiropody/podiatry training places each year were commissioned.
As part of the NHS Plan target to provide 4,450 more therapist and other key health professional training places each year by 2004 we would expect to see an increase in the number of chiropody/podiatry training places.
Targets for the number of chiropody/podiatry training places for the remainder of the NHS Plan period will be set later in the year.