People Need Physios Campaign

The motion

That the Parliament notes that physiotherapy students from across Scotland will take to the streets of Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow tomorrow to promote their People Need Physios campaign, raising awareness of the value of physiotherapy to Scotland’s health and the employment crisis facing physiotherapist graduates in Scotland; further notes figures from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy revealing that over 70% of 2007 graduates remain unemployed five months after graduation and that one third of 2006 graduates are still seeking their first NHS posts; expresses concern that over one third of recent physiotherapy graduates are seeking registration abroad and believes that, unless action is taken to tackle this problem, Scotland’s NHS will lose these skilled professionals at a time when there are 28,000 people on waiting lists for physiotherapy; recognises that this is a massive waste of potential, and calls on the Scottish Government to take urgent action to deliver on its manifesto commitment to increase the number of NHS physiotherapists and take the necessary steps to exploit the talent pool of physiotherapists in Scotland for the benefit of patient care.


No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

Lab 20 Con 2 Green 1 LD 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3M-00911 by reference.