§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is satisfied with the current supply of physiotherapists; if he 165W will list the regional hospital boards where there are vacancies and how long they have remained vacant: and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellI am aware that hospitals find it difficult to recruit sufficient numbers of physiotherapists and steps are being taken to expand the existing training facilities. There are no recognised establishments for hospital physiotherapists and figures for vacancies are not available. I have asked the regional hospital boards to provide details of the physiotherapy posts which are currently being advertised, and I will write to the hon. Member when this information is available.