Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 120507

Allied Health Professions: Employment

Tabled: 12 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

Alex Brewer

Liberal DemocratNorth East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support newly qualified allied health professionals, including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and radiographers, in

Answer

Karin Smyth
Decisions on the employment of newly qualified allied health professionals are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts which manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right sk...

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