HC Deb 27 January 1995 vol 253 cc394-5W
Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she has considered the evidence by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy regarding damage done to patients by unregistered physiotherapists; and what she proposes in response.

Mr. Sackville

To practice within the national health service or local authorities, physiotherapists must be registered under the provisions of the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960.

The Government are considering what action may be needed in the light of the profession's concern about the activities of unregistered practitioners.