Speech Therapists (Hansard, 9 February 1995)

HC Deb 09 February 1995 vol 254 c406W 406W

§ Sir Wyn Roberts
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to provide bursaries for postgraduates pursuing two-year courses to qualify as speech therapists.

§ Mr. Richards
It is for employers to consider whether bursaries for postgraduates are needed to recruit and retain staff.

§ Mr. Barry Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the number of speech therapists per head of population in(a) Wales and (b) Clwyd.

§ Mr. Richards
Provisional figures for 31 December 1994 show that there were 7.5 whole-time equivalent NHS speech therapists per 100,000 population in Clwyd and 6.2 per 100,000 population in Wales as a whole.